vec|tor

vec|tor
vec|tor «VEHK tuhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. Mathematics. a) a quantity involving direction as well as magnitude. b) a line, such as an arrow, representing both the direction and magnitude of some force. The length of the line indicates the magnitude of the force.
2. a mosquito, tick, or other organism that transmits disease germs.
3. Astronomy. radius vector.
–v.t.
1. to guide (a pilot, aircraft, or missile) fr one point to another within a given time by means of a vector: »

He vectored the pilot back to the base.

2. Figurative. to carry or direct toward a particular point or on a particular course: »

Decades ago Wegener proposed that the drift of the continents was vectored by forces he termed Westwanderung (westward drift) and Polarfluchtkraft (flight from the poles) (Scientific American).

╂[< Latin vector carrier < vehere carry]

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