Vector vs Hector - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between vector and hector

is that vector is a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points while hector is a bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow.

As verbs the difference between vector and hector

is that vector is to set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point while hector is to intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.

As a proper noun Hector is

a Trojan hero in Iliad.

vector

English

(wikify) (wikipedia vector)

Noun

(en noun)

(mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

(mathematics) An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the (soplink) between two points.

(mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.

The vectors in ${\mathbb Q}[X]$ are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is $x^{42}+\frac1{137}x-1$ .

(aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.

(senseid)(epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.

(sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.

(psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.

The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.

(computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced]] and [[jump, jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.

(programming) A one-dimensional array.

Usage notes

* (programming) The term is used loosely when the indices are not (either positive or non-negative) integers.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

(en verb)

To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.

* 1994 , Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Tendencies

if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.

References

* The New Oxford Dictionary of English

Anagrams

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hector

English

Alternative forms

* hectour (qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)

A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow.

Verb

(en verb)

To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.

To behave like a bully; swagger.