Vector

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·same·as Radius vector.

II. Vector ·noun A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. ·cf. Scalar.

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vector
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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