Search results for "Vector" - New World Encyclopedia
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- As a mathematician, he was an inventor of vector analysis. The American Mathematical ... algebra of Hermann Grassmann to obtain vector analysis (independently formulated ...19 KB (2,786 words) - 05:25, 7 May 2024
- The dimension of a vector space V is the cardinality (that is, the number of vectors) of a basis of V. It is sometimes called Hamel dimension ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- to some reference, which is typically a vector passing through the angle ... an angle yet. To do this, we choose the vector (1,0), then for any point ...20 KB (3,182 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- used in the basic language of geometry, physics, vector graphics (both 2D and 3D), and many other fields. In mathematics generally, particularly in topology ...5 KB (679 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- per unit area at a point in the flow field. It is a vector quantity, whose direction is (roughly speaking) along the axis of the swirl. Also in fluid ...13 KB (2,086 words) - 21:04, 3 May 2023
- power equally (calculated by the Poynting vector) in all directions. In practice, an isotropic antenna cannot exist, because equal radiation ...5 KB (748 words) - 21:30, 7 February 2023
- boundary. The first two numbers come from the unit vector that specifies a rotation axis. The third number designates the angle of rotation of the grain ...11 KB (1,643 words) - 23:09, 9 May 2020
- The sense of slip is a vector, which can be qualitatively measured by fault bend folding, that is, drag folding of strata on either side of the ...12 KB (1,799 words) - 01:40, 26 March 2024
- part, and the remaining three as the 'vector' part. ... vociferously opposed the growing fields of vector algebra and vector calculus ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 12 May 2023
- covered is not. Moreover, displacement is a vector quantity, containing both magnitude and direction. By contrast, distance is a scalar quantity, expressing ...18 KB (2,703 words) - 15:29, 29 January 2024
- The term "curve" is more common in vector calculus and differential geometry. ==History== A curve may be a locus, or a path. That is ...14 KB (2,245 words) - 21:42, 23 June 2022
- of gauss (G), where 1T = 10,000G. The vector field \mathbf{H} is measured ... === Vector fields === A magnetic field belongs mathematically to the ...54 KB (8,712 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- important measure for prevention of these vector-borne diseases. DEET is one ... not considered to be at risk of serious vector-borne diseases. ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- after modeling is complete. For 2D vector animations, the rendering ... Computer animation combines Vector graphics with programmed movement ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 00:25, 8 January 2024
- , where h represents the altitude h as a vector. The area of triangle ABC is half of this, or S = ½|AB × AC|. The area of triangle ABC can ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 16:46, 2 May 2023
- coordinate system. It is defined as the vector r from O to the particle ... West. Velocities are directly additive as vector quantities; they must be ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- epidemic, common-vehicle epidemic, and vector-borne epidemic. The point ... . A vector-borne epidemic is one spread by insect or other animal ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- photons of the electromagnetic force, and the vector bosons of the weak force. In contrast, the electron can couple with photons and vector bosons, while ...22 KB (3,412 words) - 15:31, 7 December 2022
- Current CAD software packages range from two-dimensional (2D) vector-based drafting systems to three-dimensional (3D) solid and surface modelers ...14 KB (2,113 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking assassin ... focused on eliminating the triatomine vector and preventing transmission ...38 KB (5,449 words) - 02:04, 13 January 2023