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==English==
{{was wotd|2006|June|3}}
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*weǵʰ-}}
{{lbor|en|la|vector||carrier, transporter}}, from {{m|la|vehō||I carry, I transport, I bear}}, also ultimately the root of English {{l|en|vehicle}}.

The “person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme” sense derives from the disease sense.

The mathematics sense was {{coin|en|Q11887|nocap=1|in=1846}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hyphenation|en|vec|tor}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈvɛktə/|a=UK}}
* {{enPR|vĕk'tər|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈvɛktɚ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-vector.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-vector.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛktə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|geometric}} {{lb|en|mathematics|physics}} A [[directed]] [[quantity]], one with both [[magnitude]] and [[direction]]; the [[signed]] [[difference]] between two [[points]].
#: {{hyper|en|tensor}}
#: {{ux|en|[[velocity|Velocity]] is a '''vector''' defined by the speed of an object and its direction.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|passage=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.|title=[[S:The New Student's Reference Work/Vector|The New Student's Reference Work]]|year=1914}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics|computing}} An [[order]]ed [[tuple]], originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional [[matrix]].
#: {{hyper|en|matrix}}
#: {{ux|en|Computers store many types of data as '''vectors''' for ease of processing.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2003-02-26|author=Julio Sanchez|author2=Maria P. Canton|title=The PC Graphics Handbook|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780203010532|page=62
|text=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2011-03-08|author=Lee Lanier|title=Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118059678|page=97
|text=Color is stored as a '''vector''' attribute (R, G, B).}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2022-02-09|author=Gerassimos Barlas|title=Multicore and GPU Programming: An Integrated Approach|publisher=Morgan Kaufmann|isbn=9780128141212|page=398|text=GPU cores are essentially '''vector'''-processing units, capable of applying the same instruction on a large collection of operands.}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} Any member of a ([[generalize]]d) [[vector space]].
#: {{ux|en|The '''vectors''' in <math>{\mathbb Q}[X]</math> are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is <math>\textstyle x^{42}+\frac1{137}x-1</math>.}}
# {{lb|en|aviation}} A chosen [[course]] or [[direction]] for [[motion]], as of an [[aircraft]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2017|author=Mark Chambers; Tony Holmes|title=Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ and B6N ‘Jill’ Units|page=32
|passage=I was told to fly out on a '''vector''' of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.}}
# {{senseid|en|carrier of a disease-causing agent}}{{lb|en|epidemiology}} A [[carrier]] of a [[disease]]-causing [[agent]].
# {{lb|en|sociology}} A person or entity that passes along an [[urban legend]] or other [[meme]].
#* {{quote-web|en|work=The New Yorker|title=Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself|date=2020-10-12|author=Andrew Marantz|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/19/why-facebook-cant-fix-itself|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|psychology}} A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
# {{rfv-sense|en}} 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.{{rfex|en}}
# {{lb|en|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 [[dereference]]d and [[jump]]ed to during the execution of an [[interrupt]].
# {{lb|en|programming}} A kind of dynamically [[resizable]] [[array]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Jesse Liberty; Bradley L. Jones|title=Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days|page=694
|passage=To create a '''vector''' of students in a class, you will want the '''vector''' to be large enough {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|computer graphics|attributive}} A [[graphical]] [[representation]] using [[outline]]s; [[vector graphics]].
#: {{coordinate terms|en|raster}}
#: {{ux|en|a '''vector''' image, '''vector''' graphics}}
# {{lb|en|molecular biology}} A [[DNA]] [[molecule]] used to carry [[genetic]] information from one [[organism]] into another.
# {{lb|en|figurative}} Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)

====Hyponyms====
{{col4|en
|axial vector
|Burgers vector
|change vector
|column vector
|Darboux vector
|displacement vector
|Euclidean vector
|gradient vector
|gyrovector
|Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector
|normal vector
|null vector
|position vector
|Poynting vector
|poxvector
|random vector
|row vector
|spin vector<t: [[spinor]]>
|tangent vector
|unit vector
|wave vector
}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en
|adenovector
|attack vector
|axial vector
|basis vector
|biovector
|bitvector
|bivector
|characteristic vector
|code vector
|covector
|direction vector
|distance vector|vector clock
|four-vector
|intermediate vector boson
|isovector
|Killing vector field|net magnetization vector
|minivector
|multivector
|nanovector
|normed vector space
|paravector
|Pauli vector
|phasor
|polarization vector
|pseudovector
|quadrivector
|radius vector
|real vector space
|retrovector
|revector
|shuttle vector
|statevector
|subvector
|supervector
|support vector machine
|topological vector space
|transvector
|trivector
|vectoral
|vector algebra
|vector-borne
|vector boson
|vector bundle
|vector calculus
|vectorcardiogram
|vectorcardiography
|vector field
|vector function
|vectorial
|vectorially
|vector image
|vectorisation
|vectorise
|vectorization
|vectorize
|vectorless
|vectorlike
|vectorpotential
|vector product
|vectorscope
|vector space
|vector sum
|vector verb
|vectorwise
|viral vector 
|word vector
|zero vector
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|directed quantity}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|wektor}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُتَّجِهٌ|m}}, {{t|ar|مُتَّجِهاتٌ|m-p}}, {{t|ar|شُعاعٌ|m}}, {{t|ar|أَشِعَّةٌ|m-p}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|вектор|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|vector|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|向量|tr=hoeng3 loeng6}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|向量|tr=xiàngliàng}}, {{t+|cmn|矢量|tr=shǐliàng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vektor|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|vektor|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vector|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|vektoro}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vektori}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vecteur|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|vector|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ვექტორი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Vektor|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διάνυσμα|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|וקטור|m|tr=vektór}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|सदिश|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vektor}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|vigur}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|vektoro}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|veicteoir|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|vettore|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ベクトル|tr=bekutoru}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|វ៉ិចទ័រ}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|벡터}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|vektors}}, {{t|lv|vektōrs|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|vektorius|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|vektor}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|सदिश}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|чиглэл}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|vektor|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vektor|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بردار}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wektor|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vector|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|vector|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ве́ктор|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|вектор|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|vektor|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vektor|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vector|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vektor|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|tugano}}, {{t|tl|bektor}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|திசையன்}}
* Thai: {{t|th|เวกเตอร์|tr=vék-dtə̂ə}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|vektör}}, {{t+|tr|yöney}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|đại lượng có hướng}}, {{t|vi|đại lượng hữu hướng}}, {{t|vi|hướng lượng}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|aviation: chosen course or direction for motion}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|курс|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|vector|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|koers|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kurssi}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|vector|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კურსი}}, {{t|ka|მიმართულება}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|veicteoir|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|vektor}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vector|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|курс|m}}, {{t+|ru|направле́ние|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vector|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vektor|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|carrier of a disease-causing agent}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|ناقِلٌ|m}}, {{t|ar|نَواقِلُ|m-p}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|преносител|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|病媒}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|přenašeč|m}}, {{t+|cs|vektor|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|taudinkantaja}}, {{t+|fi|tartunnanlevittäjä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vecteur}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ვექტორი}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φορέας|m}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|रोगवाहक|m}}
* Hungarian: {{q|informal, non-technical}} {{t+|hu|bacilusgazda}}, {{q|formal}} {{t|hu|betegséghordozó}}, {{t+|hu|vektor}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|veicteoir|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|vettore}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ベクター|tr=bekutā}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|វ៉ិចទ័រ}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|vektor}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaitītaritari}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|vektor|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vektor|m}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|przenosiciel|m}}, {{t+|pl|wektor|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vetor}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|перено́счик|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vector|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|sociology: person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|levittäjä}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth in the personality}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|memory address containing the address of a code entry point}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wektor|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|programming: kind of array}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|вектор|m}}, {{t|bg|едномерна матрица|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vektor|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vektori}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|vector|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ვექტორი}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|וקטור|m|tr=vektór}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|벡터}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|vektors|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|vektor}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vetor|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|vector|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ве́ктор|m}}, {{t+|ru|масси́в|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vector|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|mảng một chiều}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|vector}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vektor|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vektori}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|veicteoir|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|vektor|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vektor|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1994|author=Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick|title=Tendencies|passage={{...}} if love is '''vectored''' toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.}}
# {{lb|en|computing}} To redirect to a [[#Noun|vector]], or code entry point.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|thrust vectoring}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|насочвам}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[asettaa]] [[kurssi]]}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მიმართვა}}, {{t|ka|წარმართვა}}, {{t|ka|მიმართულების მიცემა}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|fectoru}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====References====
* The New Oxford Dictionary of English

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceortv|Covert|corvet|covert}}

{{C|en|Biology|People|Physics}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|ca|la|vector|vectōrem}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA|[ó(r)]}}<!-- per GDLC; DCVB says pronounced -r in Central Catalan but that must be outdated -->

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|vector}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|pseudovector}}
* {{l|ca|vectorial}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}

{{C|ca|Mathematics|Pathology|Physics}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{root|nl|ine-pro|*weǵʰ-}}
{{lbor|nl|la|vector}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈvɛk.tɔr/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-vector.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|vec|tor}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɛktɔr|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-:en|+}}

# {{lb|nl|mathematics}} {{l|en|vector}}, an [[element]] of a [[vector space]]<!--
definitions in this area need to be added yet-->

====Derived terms====
{{col4|nl
|eenheidsvector
|eigenvector
|normaalvector
|nulvector
|raakvector
|vectoralgebra
|vectoranalyse
|vectordifferentiatie
|vectorlimiet
|vectorproduct
|vectorruimte
|vectorvermenigvuldiging
}}

==Galician==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|gl|la|vector}}.

===Noun===
{{gl-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|vector}}

====Derived terms====
{{col5|gl
|vectorial
|vectorización
|vectorizar
|vector propio
|vector unitario
}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{suf|la|vehō|-tor|t1=carry, bear, convey; ride}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|vector}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|vector<3>|f=vectrīx}}

# [[bearer]], [[carrier]]
# [[passenger]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|vector<3>}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|la|vectīgal}}

====Descendants====
{{top2}}
* {{desc|ca|vector|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nl|vector|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|vector|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|vecteur|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gl|vector|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Vektor|bor=1}}
* {{desc|it|vettore|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|vetor|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ro|vector|bor=1}}
* {{desc|es|vector|bor=1}}
{{bottom}}

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form}}

# {{infl of|la|vectō||1|s|pres|pasv|indc}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:M&A}}

==Portuguese==

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{pt-pre-reform|vetor|br=43|pt=90}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|vecteur}}, {{bor|ro|la|vector}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|m|vectori}}

# {{l|en|vector}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-m}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|es|la|vector}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|vector}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|es
|autovector
|eigenvector
|vectorial
|vectorización
|vectorizar
|vector propio
|vector unitario
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}