vector

noun

1. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

   “Velocity is a vector defined by the speed of an object and its direction.”

   “As examples of vector quantities may be mentioned the distance between any two given points, a velocity, a force, an acceleration, angular velocity, intensity of magnetization flux of heat.”

2. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

   “The vectors in #123;#92;mathbbQ#125;#91;X#93; are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is #92;textstylex#123;42#125;#43;#92;frac1#123;137#125;x-1.”

3. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

   “Computers store many types of data as vectors for ease of processing.”

   “A row vector is a matrix whose M dimension is 1. In fact, a row vector is a matrix consisting of a single row, and a column vector a matrix consisting of a single column.”

   “Color is stored as a vector attribute (R, G, B).”

   “GPU cores are essentially vector-processing units, capable of applying the same instruction on a large collection of operands.”

4. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

   “I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.”

5. A kind of dynamically resizable array.

   “To create a vector of students in a class, you will want the vector to be large enough […]”

6. A kind of dynamically resizable array.
7. (attributive)A kind of dynamically resizable array.

   “a vector image, vector graphics”

8. A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
9. A carrier of a disease-causing agent.

   “These days, their primary job is to insist that Facebook is a fun place to share baby photos and sell old couches, not a vector for hate speech, misinformation, and violent extremist propaganda.”

10. A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
11. Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)

verb

1. To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.

   “[…] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.”

2. To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.