- 1向量（數學）；病媒（生物）
A vector is something that has both a size and a direction — like "5 kilometers, going north." Scientists and math teachers use it to show forces, movement, or wind. In biology, a vector is also an animal (often an insect) that carries a disease from one living thing to another — for example, a mosquito is a vector for malaria.
From the word’s history
Learned borrowing from Latin vector 'carrier', from vehō 'to carry', the root of vehicle.
借自拉丁文 vector「攜帶者」，來自 vehō「運送」。
組成From Latin "vector," meaning "one who carries" — related to the word "vehicle."
同家族的字
- vehiclecomes from the same Latin root meaning "to carry"
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
vectornoun/ˈvɛktə/
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mathematicsnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- Velocity is a vector defined by the speed of an object and its direction.
- 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.
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mathematicsnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- The vectors in #123;#92;mathbbQ#125;#91;X#93; are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is #92;textstylex#123;42#125;#43;#92;frac1#123;137#125;x-1.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- Computers store many types of data as vectors for ease of processing.
- 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.
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA kind of dynamically resizable array.
- To create a vector of students in a class, you will want the vector to be large enough […]
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computingengineeringmathematicsA kind of dynamically resizable array.
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computer-graphicscomputingengineeringA kind of dynamically resizable array.
- a vector image, vector graphics
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epidemiologymedicinesciencesA carrier of a disease-causing agent.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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epidemiologyhuman-sciencesmedicineA carrier of a disease-causing agent.
- 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.
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epidemiologyhuman-sciencesmedicineA carrier of a disease-causing agent.
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historyhuman-sciencessciencesForces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
vectorverb/ˈvɛktə/
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To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
- […] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo redirect to a vector, or code entry point.
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