Usually means: Quantity with magnitude and direction.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. vector: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vector: Merriam-Webster
  3. vector: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vector: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vector: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vector: Vocabulary.com
  7. Vector, vector: Wordnik
  8. vector: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. vector: Wiktionary
  10. vector: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. vector: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. vector: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. vector: Dictionary.com
  14. vector: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Vector (Computer Science), Vector (Haken album), Vector (STL), Vector (band), Vector (biology), Vector (cars), Vector (company), Vector (computing), Vector (disambiguation), Vector (dispersal), Vector (epidemiology), Vector (game), Vector (geometric), Vector (geometry), Vector (magazine), Vector (malware), Vector (mathematics), Vector (mathematics and physics), Vector (molecular biology), Vector (novel), Vector (physics), Vector (rapper), Vector (spatial), Vector (video game), Vector: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Vector: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. vector: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. vector: Rhymezone
  19. vector, vector, vector (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. vector: FreeDictionary.org
  21. vector: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. vector: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. vector: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. vector: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. vector: Global Glossary
  2. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Vector (computing): Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)

Computing (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. vector: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. vector: CCI Computer
  3. Vector, Vector, Vector: Game Dictionary
  4. vector: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  5. Vector: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. Webopedia (No longer online)
  7. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Vector (computing), Vector (disambiguation), Vector (mathematics), Vector (spatial), vector: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. vector: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Vector: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  7. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  10. vector: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  11. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  12. Molecular Biology Glossary (No longer online)
  13. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  14. Vector (biology), Vector (computing), Vector (disambiguation), vector: Medical dictionary
  15. Vector: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. VECTOR: Acronym Finder
  2. Glossary of Terrorism Terms (No longer online)
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  4. Vector: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  5. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  6. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  7. Vector: Extragalactic Astronomy
  8. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  9. Biological Control (No longer online)
  10. GLOSSARY OF ORDINATION-RELATED TERMS (No longer online)
  11. -vector, vector: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  12. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  13. Accelerator Glossary (No longer online)
  14. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)
  15. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)
  16. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)
  17. VECTOR: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. vector: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. vector: Electronics
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  6. Explosives (No longer online)
  7. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  8. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  9. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  10. Vector: Latitude Mexico
  11. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See vectored as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
noun:  (mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
noun:  (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
noun:  (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
noun:  (epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
noun:  (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
noun:  (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
noun:  The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.
noun:  (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
noun:  (programming) A kind of dynamically resizable array.
noun:  (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
noun:  (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
noun:  (figurative) Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
verb:  To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
verb:  (computing) To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.

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