"vector field" meaning in English

See vector field in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: vector fields [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vector field (plural vector fields)
  1. (mathematics) a function mapping a subset of ℝⁿ into a subset of ℝⁿ Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (construction): fusha vektoriale (Albanian), bektore-eremua (Basque), 向量場 (Chinese Mandarin), 向量场 (xiàngliángcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), vektorové pole [neuter] (Czech), vektorfelt [neuter] (Danish), vectorveld (Dutch), vektora kampo (Esperanto), vektorikenttä (Finnish), champ vectoriel [masculine] (French), campo vectorial [masculine] (Galician), Vektorfeld [neuter] (German), सदिश क्षेत्र (sadiś kṣetra) (Hindi), vektormező (Hungarian), campo vettoriale [masculine] (Italian), ベクトル場 (bekutoru-ba) (Japanese), векторлық өріс (vektorlyq örıs) (Kazakh), pole wektorowe [neuter] (Polish), campo vetorial (Portuguese), ве́кторное по́ле (véktornoje póle) [neuter] (Russian), campo vectorial (Spanish), ве́кторне по́ле (véktorne póle) (Ukrainian), trường vector (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-vector_field-en-noun-jHMK-D35 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'construction': 57 43
  2. (differential geometry) a function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point Categories (topical): Differential geometry Related terms: scalar field
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