vector field
noun
: a set of vectors that is defined in relation to a function such that each point of the function is associated with a vector from the set
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Or a vector field with similar properties.
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Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2011
There's an instrument that measures incident ions along the spacecraft's orbit, as well as a 13-foot-long boom, which has a vector field magnetometer and three startrackers attached at the halfway point.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2020
This map, which is called a vector field, is a snapshot of the internal dynamics of a fluid.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
The Navier-Stokes equations take that snapshot and play it forward, telling you exactly what the vector field will look like at every subsequent moment in time.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
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Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2011
There's an instrument that measures incident ions along the spacecraft's orbit, as well as a 13-foot-long boom, which has a vector field magnetometer and three startrackers attached at the halfway point.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2020
This map, which is called a vector field, is a snapshot of the internal dynamics of a fluid.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
The Navier-Stokes equations take that snapshot and play it forward, telling you exactly what the vector field will look like at every subsequent moment in time.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
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“Vector field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vector%20field. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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