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  • 31vector — Synonyms and related words: aerial infection, air line, airborne infection, axis, azimuth, beeline, biological vector, carrier, chord, communicability, compass bearing, compass direction, contagion, contagiousness, contamination, course,… …

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  • 32vector product — noun Date: 1878 a vector c whose length is the product of the lengths of two vectors a and b and the sine of their included angle, whose direction is perpendicular to their plane, and whose direction is that in which a right handed screw rotated… …

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  • 33vector — 1. noun /ˈvɛktə,ˈvɛktɚ/ a) a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; an element of a vector space b) a chosen course or …

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  • 34Direction (geometry) — The shape of each panel of this road sign, and the broken lines at the ends, represents an arrow; a space consuming central bar of the arrow sign is dispensed with. Direction is the information contained in the relative position of one point with …

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  • 35vector — a mathematical entity having a magnitude and a direction in space. Burgers vector resultant air velocity vector …

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  • 36vector — [[t]ve̱ktə(r)[/t]] vectors 1) N COUNT A vector is a variable quantity, such as force, that has size and direction. [TECHNICAL] 2) N COUNT A vector is an insect or other organism that causes a disease by carrying a germ or parasite from one person …

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  • 37direction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pointing toward Nouns 1. direction, bearing, course, set, drift, tenor, orientation, tendency; incidence; tack, aim, line of fire; collimation. See straightness. 2. point of the compass, cardinal points …

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  • 38vector — vec•tor [[t]ˈvɛk tər[/t]] n. 1) math. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, as force or velocity Compare scalar 4) 2) the direction or course followed by something, as an airplane 3) ecl a) imu something or someone, as a person or… …

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  • 39direction du champ vectoriel — vektorinio lauko kryptis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. vector field direction vok. Vektorfeldrichtung, f rus. направление векторного поля, n pranc. direction du champ vectoriel, f …

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  • 40vector — n. & v. n. 1 Math. & Physics a quantity having direction as well as magnitude, esp. as determining the position of one point in space relative to another (radius vector). 2 a carrier of disease. 3 a course to be taken by an aircraft. v.tr. direct …

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