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. Vectors can be added to other vectors ...

, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction *

Vector (epidemiology) In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen to another living organism; agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as parasites or microbes. The first major discovery of a disease v ...

, 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 colloquially to some quantities that cannot be expressed by a single number (a scalar), or to elements of some vector spaces. Historically, vectors were introduced in geometry and physic ...

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

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

** 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 sequence – usually DNA – into another cell, where it can be replicated and/or expressed. A ...

, a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell **

Cloning vector A cloning vector is a small piece of DNA that can be stably maintained in an organism, and into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes. The cloning vector may be DNA taken from a virus, the cell of a higher organism, ...

, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes **

Shuttle vector A shuttle vector is a vector (usually a plasmid) constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species. Therefore, DNA inserted into a shuttle vector can be tested or manipulated in two different cell types. The main advantage of these ...

, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species **

Viral vector Viral vectors are tools commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells. This process can be performed inside a living organism (''in vivo'') or in cell culture (''in vitro''). Viruses have evolved specialized molecu ...

, 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'' (values or variables), each identified by at least one ''array index'' or ''key''. An array is stored such that the position of each element can be ...

** 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 A vector clock is a data structure used for determining the partial ordering of events in a distributed system and detecting causality violations. Just as in Lamport timestamps, inter-process messages contain the state of the sending process's ...

, an algorithm **

Vector space model Vector space model or term vector model is an algebraic model for representing text documents (and any objects, in general) as vectors of identifiers (such as index terms). It is used in information filtering, information retrieval, indexing an ...

, 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 is 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 display ...

, 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

Transportation

Vehicles

Aircraft

* Aerodyne Systems Vector, an ultralight aircraft * Hall Vector 1, a glider

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 Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket, or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) to control the attitude or angular velocity of the ve ...

, directing aircraft jet thrust

Entertainment

Characters and fictional elements

* Vector (''Battle Angel Alita'') * Vector (comics), Marvel Comics * Vector (G.I. Joe), vehicle *

Vector the Crocodile The '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the game '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or Doc ...

, in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series *Septima Vector, a Hogwarts professor in the ''Harry Potter'' universe *Vector, a Barian Emperor from '' Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' *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 (game), 1970 board game * ''Vector'' (video game), 2010 *'' Vectorman'', 1995, for Sega

Music

* Vector (band), 1980s * ''Vector'' (Haken album), 2018 *

Vector (rapper) Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known by his stage name Vector, is a Nigerian rapper and songwriter. He has released three studio albums, including ''State Of Surprise'' and ''The Second Coming'' (2012). In anticipation of his second studio album, ...

(b. 1983), Nigerian *Martin Wheeler, aka Vector Lovers

Other entertainment

* Vector, an entertainment robot by the company Anki

Literature

* ''Vector'' (magazine), the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association * Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular, an online journal * ''The Vector'' (newspaper), a student-run newspaper of the New Jersey Institute of Technology * ''Vector'' (novel), a 1999 novel by Robin Cook *''

Vector Prime ''Star Wars: The New Jedi Order'' (or ''New Jedi Order'' or ''NJO'') is a series of 19 science fiction novels, published from 1999 to 2003, set in the ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe. The series revolves around the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of ...

'', a 1999 ''Star Wars'' novel written by R. A. Salvatore *'' Vector 13'', a comic strip in the ''2000 AD'' anthology

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 Vector Group Ltd. is an American diversified holding company with two major businesses: Liggett Group LLC (tobacco) and New Valley LLC (real estate), including Douglas Elliman. Bennett S. LeBow founded Vector Group in 1986. Since then, he has ...

, a publicly traded holding company, focusing on tobacco and real estate *

Vector Limited Vector Limited is an electricity and gas distribution company in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the national number one provider of electricity distribution, number one provider of electricity and gas metering and number two wholesaler of LPG. ...

, a New Zealand gas and electricity supplier * Vector Marketing, a multi-level knife marketing company * Vector Motors, an automobile manufacturer *

Vector Launch Vector Launch, Inc. (formerly Vector Space Systems) is an American space technology company which aims to launch suborbital and orbital payloads. Vector Launch declared bankruptcy in December 2019 and re-emerged in October 2020. History The c ...

, an American space technology company, 2016–2019 *

State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR The State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, also known as the Vector Institute (russian: Государственный научный центр вирусологии и биотехнологии „Вектор“, Gosu ...

, a biological research center in Russia

Other uses

Interval vector In musical set theory, an interval vector is an array of natural numbers which summarize the intervals present in a set of pitch classes. (That is, a set of pitches where octaves are disregarded.) Other names include: ic vector (or inte ...

in musical set theory * KRISS Vector, a .45 ACP submachine gun * Light verb, or ''vector verb'', in grammar *

Parker Vector The Parker Pen Company is a French manufacturer of luxury writing pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. In 2011 the Parker factory at Newhaven, East Sussex, England, was closed, and its producti ...

, pens *

Vector Arena Spark Arena (also known as Auckland City Arena, and formerly as Vector Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The venue is located at Quay Park, Parnell, very close to Britomart Transport Centre and The Strand Station. The a ...

, Auckland, New Zealand * Vector Map, a collection of Earth GIS data