Meanings
nounvector field (plural vector fields)
plural vector fields
- mathematicsa function mapping a subset of ℝⁿ into a subset of ℝⁿ
- differential geometrya function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point
Translations
Basque bektore-eremua
- bektore-eremuaconstruction
Bulgarian векторно поле
- векторно полеconstruction
Chinese Mandarin 向量場 /向量场
- 向量場 /向量场 (xiàngliángcháng)construction
Czech vektorové pole
- vektorové poleconstruction
Danish vektorfelt
- vektorfeltconstruction
Dutch vectorveld
- vectorveldconstruction
Esperanto vektora kampo
- vektora kampoconstruction
Finnish vektorikenttä
- vektorikenttäconstruction
French champ vectoriel
- champ vectorielconstruction
German Vektorfeld
- Vektorfeldconstruction
Hindi सदिश क्षेत्र
- सदिश क्षेत्र (sadiś kṣetra)construction
Hungarian vektormező
- vektormezőconstruction
Italian campo vettoriale
- campo vettorialeconstruction
Japanese ベクトル場
- ベクトル場 (bekutoru-ba)construction
Polish pole wektorowe
- pole wektoroweconstruction
Portuguese campo vetorial
- campo vetorialconstruction
Russian ве́кторное по́ле
- ве́кторное по́ле (véktornoje póle)construction
Spanish campo vectorial
- campo vectorialconstruction
Ukrainian ве́кторне по́ле
- ве́кторне по́ле (véktorne póle)construction
Vietnamese trường vector
- trường vectorconstruction
Cite this entry
APA
vector field. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vector%20field
MLA
“vector field.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vector%20field. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vector field,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vector%20field.
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