vector sum
ˈvɛktər sʌm
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Definition of vector sum - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

mathematicsTECH.vector you get by adding two or more vectorsTECH.
  • The vector sum of A and B points northeast.
  • The vector sum equals the resultant force on the object.
  • Students computed the vector sum to find displacement.
resultant
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Expressions with vector

vector controln.
planned methods to reduce or stop animals that carry diseases
The city invested heavily in vector control to fight the dengue outbreak.
vector imagen.
digital image made of paths using math, scalable without losing quality
A vector image can be resized without becoming blurry.
row vectorn.
1×n matrix representing a vector
The row vector was multiplied by the matrix.
state vectorn.
mathematical representation of a quantum system's state
The state vector describes the electron's position and momentum.
support vector machinen.
supervised learning model for classification and regression tasks
Support vector machines are used for image classification.
vector algebran.
branch of mathematics dealing with vectors and their operations
In vector algebra, we learn how to add and subtract vectors..

Expressions with sum

sum upv.
summarize information or main points concisely
She summed up the meeting in a few sentences.
tidy sumn.
large amount of money
She inherited a tidy sum from her uncle.
princely sumn.
small amount of money
She was paid the princely sum of five dollars for her work.
sum of its partsn.
whole amount resulting from combining parts
The cake is more than the sum of its parts.
sum and substancen.
the most important part of something
The sum and substance of his speech was about unity.
for the modest sum ofadj.
describing a small or reasonable price
The book is available for the modest sum of $5.
sum of moneyn.
total amount of money calculated
He calculated the sum of money needed for the trip..
sum up meetingv.
give a brief summary of a meeting
He will sum up meeting highlights at the end.
lump sumn.
single complete payment made all at once
He received a lump sum for his work.
dim sumn.
Cantonese meal with tea and small dishes
We went for dim sum on Sunday morning.

Terms related to vector sum

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directiondisplacementforcemagnitudemomentumparallelogramvelocity

Terms with vector sum included in their meaning

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resultantn.
mathematics
vector sum of two or more vectors
vector decompositionn.
mathematics
expressing a vector as a sum of vectors

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  1. French:somme vectorielle, ...
  2. German:Vektorsumme, ...
  3. Italian:somma vettoriale, ...
  4. Spanish:suma vectorial, ...
  5. Portuguese:soma de vetores, ...
  6. Chinese:向量和, ...
  7. Japanese:ベクトル和, ...
  8. Arabic:مَجْمُوع المُتَّجِهَات, ...
  9. Hebrew:סְכוּם וֶקְטוֹרִי, ...
  10. Russian:векторная сумма, ...
  11. Ukrainian:векторна сума, ...
  12. Hindi:वेक्टर योग, ...
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