Vector most often refers to: *

Euclidean vector In mathematics, physics, and engineering, a Euclidean vector or simply a vector (sometimes called a geometric vector or spatial vector) is a geometric object that has magnitude (or length) and direction. Euclidean vectors can be added and scal ...

, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction *

Disease vector In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen such as a parasite or microbe, to another living organism. Agents regarded as vectors are mostly blood-sucking ( hematophagous) arthropods such ...

, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector may also refer to:

Mathematics and physics

Vector (mathematics and physics) In mathematics and physics, vector is a term that refers to physical quantity, quantities that cannot be expressed by a single number (a scalar (physics), scalar), or to elements of some vector spaces. Historically, vectors were introduced in g ...

** Row and column vectors, single row or column matrices ** Vector quantity **

Vector space In mathematics and physics, a vector space (also called a linear space) is a set (mathematics), set whose elements, often called vector (mathematics and physics), ''vectors'', can be added together and multiplied ("scaled") by numbers called sc ...

** Vector field, a vector for each point

Molecular biology

Vector (molecular biology) In molecular cloning, a vector is any particle (e.g., plasmids, cosmids, Lambda phages) used as a vehicle to artificially carry a foreign nucleic acid sequence, nucleic sequence – usually DNA – into another Cell (biology), cell, where it can D ...

, a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell ** Cloning vector, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes ** Shuttle vector, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species ** Viral vector, a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic materials into cells

Computer science

* Vector, a one-dimensional

array data structure In computer science, an array is a data structure consisting of a collection of ''elements'' (value (computer science), values or variable (programming), variables), of same memory size, each identified by at least one ''array index'' or ''key' ...

** Distance-vector routing protocol, a class of routing protocols ** Dope vector, a data structure used to store information about an array ** Feature vector, an n-dimensional vector of numerical features that represent some object ** Interrupt vector, the location in memory of an interrupt handling routine ** Initialization vector, a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive ** Vector clock, an algorithm ** Vector space model, an algebraic model for representing text documents ** Vector (C++), a type in the C++ Standard Template Library *

, a geometric object with a direction and magnitude **

Vector graphics Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector displ ...

, images defined by geometric primitives as opposed to bitmaps ** Vector monitor, a display device used for early computers ** Vector game, any video game that uses a vector graphics display * Vector (malware), approach used, or vulnerability exploited, in attacking a computer system * Vector (robot), a 2018 robot by Anki

Transportation

Vehicles

Aircraft

* Aerodyne Systems Vector, an ultralight aircraft * Hall Vector 1, a glider * A brand of reconnaissance drone produced by Quantum-Systems * Radar vector, headings assigned by air traffic control for navigation

Nautical vessels

* , a Philippine tanker ship * , a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard

Automotive vehicles

* Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) (Vector), a military patrol vehicle * VECTOR, a Dutch light utility vehicle * Vector, a variant of the Saab 9-3 automobile * Vector Motors sports cars ** Vector M12 ** Vector W2 ** Vector W8 ** Vector WX-3 ** Vector SRV8

Other transportation

* Thrust vectoring, directing engine thrust

Entertainment

Characters and fictional elements

* Vector (''Battle Angel Alita'') * Vector (comics), Marvel Comics * Vector (G.I. Joe), vehicle * Vector the Crocodile, in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series * Septima Vector, a Hogwarts professor in the ''Harry Potter'' universe * Vector, a Barian Emperor from ''

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'' * Vector class in '' Wipeout'' games * Victor "Vector" Perkins in '' Despicable Me (film)'', 2010 * Vector, in the game '' Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City'' * Vector, a weapon in the series '' Elfen Lied'' * Vector, a location in the video game ''Final Fantasy VI'' * Vector Industries, an organization in the ''Xenosaga'' video game series

Games

* ''Vector'' (video game), 2012 video game * '' Vectorman'', 1995, for Sega

Music

* Vector (band), 1980s * ''Vector'' (album), a 2018 album by Haken * Vector (rapper) (b. 1983), Nigerian * Martin Wheeler, aka Vector Lovers

Literature

* ''Vector'' (magazine), the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association * ''Vectors'' (journal), a defunct online journal covering digital humanities * ''The Vector'' (newspaper), a student-run newspaper of the New Jersey Institute of Technology * ''Vector'' (novel), a 1999 novel by Robin Cook

Business

* Vector Informatik, a software tool and components provider for development of embedded electronics * Vector Engineering, multinational engineering, procurement, construction management, and operations service provider * Vector Graphic, an early manufacturer of 8-bit microcomputers * Vector Group, a publicly traded holding company, focusing on tobacco and real estate * Vector Limited, a New Zealand gas and electricity supplier * Vector Marketing, a multi-level knife marketing company * Vector Motors, an automobile manufacturer * Vector Launch, an American space technology company, 2016–2019 * State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, a biological research center in Russia

Other uses

* Interval vector in musical set theory * KRISS Vector, a .45 ACP submachine gun * Light verb, or ''vector verb'', in grammar * Parker Vector, pens * Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand * Vector Map, a collection of Earth GIS data * Vector 2022, a Wikipedia skin