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Vector function

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vector fieldnoun(differential geometry) a function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point
vectornoun(mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
scalar functionnoun(mathematics) Any function whose domain is a vector space and whose value is its scalar field
row vectornoun(linear algebra) A 1×n matrix that represents a vector.
n-dimensional spacenoun(mathematics) A vector space having n vectors as its basis.
column vectornoun(linear algebra) An n×1 matrix that represents a vector.
functionalUseful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
subvectornoun(mathematics) A subset of a vector (ordered tuple, or member of a vector space)
multivariatenoun(mathematics) A vector, each of whose elements is a variate.
n spacenoun(mathematics) n-dimensional Euclidean space
covectornoun(mathematics) A linear map from a vector space to its field of scalars
vector spacenoun(algebra, geometry, topology) A set of elements called vectors, together with some field and operations called addition (mapping two vectors to a vector) and scalar multiplication (mapping a vector and an element in the field to a vector), satisfying a list of constraints; equivalently, a module over a field.
unit vectornoun(linear algebra, mathematical analysis) A vector with the length of 1, defined as mathbf ̂u=(mathbf u)/(‖ mathbf u‖).
four-vectornoun(mathematics) A vector in four-dimensional vector space, especially one having three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension.
axial vectornoun(mathematics, physics) a pseudovector
binary functionnoun(mathematics) a function of the type f:V×V→V, or more generally, a function of the type f:U_1×U_2×...×U_n→V in which exactly two of the sets Uᵢ are equal to V.
vector algebranoun(mathematics) The branch of mathematics that deals with vectors and operations on them.
normnounThat which is normal or typical.
convex functionnoun(computer science) A mathematical function where the line segment between any two points on the graph of the function lies above the graph in a vector space of at least two dimensions.
paravectornoun(mathematics) A sum (in some algebras) of a scalar and a vector.

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