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Vector sum

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resultantnounAnything that results from something else; an outcome.
paravectornoun(mathematics) A sum (in some algebras) of a scalar and a vector.
vectornoun(mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
partial sumnoun(mathematics) The sum of the first n terms of an infinite series, where n is a finite number.
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.
vector algebranoun(mathematics) The branch of mathematics that deals with vectors and operations on them.
summation methodnoun(mathematical analysis) Any of various methods for constructing generalized sums of series
summationnoun(mathematics) summing; summing up; adding (adding up) of a series of items.
translateverbSenses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
multivariatenoun(mathematics) A vector, each of whose elements is a variate.
subvectornoun(mathematics) A subset of a vector (ordered tuple, or member of a vector space)
vector productnoun(linear algebra) a vector with the size given by the product of two vectors computed as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the sine of the angle between their directions, and directed perpendicular to the given two vectors, with positive orientation.
vector functionnoun(mathematics) Any function whose range is n-dimensional
unit vectornoun(linear algebra, mathematical analysis) A vector with the length of 1, defined as mathbf ̂u=(mathbf u)/(‖ mathbf u‖).
direct sumnoun(linear algebra) A linear sum in which the intersection of the summands has dimension zero. Equivalently, a linear sum of two subspaces, any vector of which can be expressed uniquely as a sum of two vectors: one vector belonging to the first subspace, and the other vector belonging to the second subspace.
linear combinationnoun(linear algebra) a sum, each of whose summands is an appropriate vector times an appropriate scalar (or ring element)
vector fieldnoun(differential geometry) a function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point
spannounThe full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
axial vectornoun(mathematics, physics) a pseudovector
seriesnounA number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

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