length (magnitude) of a vector
1vector — vectorial /vek tawr ee euhl, tohr /, adj. vectorially, adv. /vek teuhr/, n. 1. Math. a. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of… …
2vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors. * * * ▪ mathematics Introduction a branch of mathematics that deals with quantities that have both magnitude and direction. Some physical and geometric… …
3Vector field — In mathematics a vector field is a construction in vector calculus which associates a vector to every point in a (locally) Euclidean space.Vector fields are often used in physics to model, for example, the speed and direction of a moving fluid… …
4Magnitude — may refer to: In mathematics: Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of a mathematical object Magnitude (vector), a term for the size or length of a vector Scalar (mathematics), a quantity defined only by its magnitude Euclidean vector, a… …
5Magnitude (mathematics) — The magnitude of an object in Mathematics is its size: a property by which it can be compared as larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind; in technical terms, an ordering (or ranking) of the class of objects to which it belongs. It… …
6Vector notation — This page is an overview of the common notations used when working with vectors, which may be spatial or more abstract members of vector spaces.The common typographic convention for representing a vector is upright boldface type, as in v for a… …
7Vector — In medicine, a vector is a carrier. The best way to understand a vector is to recall its origin as a word. Vector is the Latin word for a bearer. In parasitology (the study of parasitic organisms), the vector carries the parasitic agent. For… …
8Length scale — In physics, length scale is a particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order (or a few orders) of magnitude. The concept of length scale is particularly important because physical phenomena of different length scales… …
9Vector calculus — Topics in Calculus Fundamental theorem Limits of functions Continuity Mean value theorem Differential calculus  Derivative Change of variables Implicit differentiation Taylor s theorem Related rates …
10vector — I. noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, carrier, from vehere to carry more at way Date: 1846 1. a. a quantity that has magnitude and direction and that is commonly represented by a directed line segment whose length represents the magnitude and …
