vectors Definition

a quantity that has magnitude and direction and that is commonly represented by a directed line segment whose length represents the magnitude and whose orientation in space represents the direction; broadly : an element of a vector space

a course or compass direction especially of an airplane

an organism (such as an insect) that transmits a pathogen

to guide (something or someone, such as an airplane, its pilot, or a missile) in flight by means of a radioed vector

to change the direction of (the thrust of a jet engine) for steering

eigenvector

a vector which is of zero length and all of whose components are zero