vectors
Magnitude with direction
Vectors are quantities that have both magnitude and direction—velocity, force, and acceleration are vectors, while speed and temperature are not.
In biology, a vector is an organism that transmits disease: Mosquitoes are vectors for malaria.
More broadly, vector can mean any carrier or agent of transmission: Social media became a vector for misinformation.
In computing, vectors are one-dimensional arrays of data.
Size or scale
- directionWay something faces
- scalarQuantity with magnitude only
- linear algebraMathematics of vector spaces
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
dot product · cross product · displacement · velocity · acceleration · basis · orthogonal · norm
Strength or compulsion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- displacementRemoval from usual location
gravity · friction · equilibrium · dynamics · kinematics · resultant · torque · field
Microscopic infectious agent
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- tickParasitic eight-legged pest
- transmissionSending of information
- carrierOne that transports
host · infection · disease · reservoir · flea · parasite · spreading · bloodborne
Rate of change across space
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- curlSpiral or loop form
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- integrationCombining into a whole
limits · continuity · differential · flux · field · Green
magnitude
Size or scale
- directionWay something faces
- scalarQuantity with magnitude only
- linear algebraMathematics of vector spaces
matrix · dot product · cross product · displacement · velocity · acceleration · basis · orthogonal · norm · component
force
Strength or compulsion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
displacement · gravity · friction · equilibrium · dynamics · kinematics · resultant · torque · field · flux
virus
Microscopic infectious agent
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- tickParasitic eight-legged pest
- transmissionSending of information
carrier · host · infection · disease · reservoir · flea · parasite · spreading · bloodborne · airborne
gradient
Rate of change across space
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- curlSpiral or loop form
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
integration · limits · continuity · differential · flux · field · Green
- physics problemsacceleration, momentum, kinematics, dynamics, projectile motion
- Rustownership, borrowing, lifetimes, traits, match
- dimensionality reductionPCA, eigenvalues, loading, component, factors
- geometric computingtriangulation, meshes, tessellation, splines, NURBS
- Parametric Designparameters, Grasshopper, algorithms, nodes, sliders
- R Programmingpackages, devtools, haven, broom, caret
vectorsscalars
Direction-free numerical values
constants · real numbers · magnitudes · integers · points
vectorshosts
Those who entertain guests
victims · recipients · patients · reservoirs · pathogens
vectorsscalars
Direction-free numerical values
magnitudes · speeds · distances · temperatures · masses
- vector imageGraphic stored as paths
- vector artImages defined by paths
- vector graphicsEquation-based image format
- disease vectorOrganism spreading pathogens
- viral vectorVirus repurposed for therapy
- vector fieldFunction assigning directions to points
vector, vectored, vectoring, eigenvector, vectorize, vectorization