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Philippine oil tanker that collided in 1987
whose kin were among the passengers of Doña Paz. The Court ruled that "MT Vector was unseaworthy at the time of the accident and that its negligence was
MT_Vector
Ship involved in deadliest peacetime maritime disaster
passengers slept, Doña Paz collided with MT Vector, a Philippine-owned oil tanker en route from Bataan to Masbate. Vector was carrying 1.05 million L (8,800 US bbl)
MV_Doña_Paz
Topics referred to by the same term
cars Vector M12 Vector SRV8 Vector W2 Vector W8 Vector WX-3 CCGS Vector, a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard MT Vector, a Philippine
Vector
lit up the sky, later being revealed to be caused by the collision of MT Vector and MV Doña Paz. Don Claudio reached the site of the explosion within
MV_Don_Claudio
2018 film by Yam Laranas
film is inspired by the 1987 disaster of MV Doña Paz's collision with MT Vector. The story follows Leana (Curtis) who lives peacefully in the island with
Aurora_(2018_Filipino_film)
"Suspicious Lines." Philippines portal Companies portal Transport portal MT Vector List of maritime disasters in the Philippines "Ferry disaster is 5th tragedy
List of maritime disasters involving the Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation
List_of_maritime_disasters_involving_the_Philippine_Span_Asia_Carrier_Corporation
ferry collided with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait near Marinduque. The collision ignited the Vector's cargo and the fire spread to the Doña
List of maritime disasters in the 20th century
List_of_maritime_disasters_in_the_20th_century
Philippine strait
where the Sulpicio Lines-owned passenger ferry MV Doña Paz and oil tanker MT Vector sank on December 20, 1987, after colliding with each other, resulting
Tablas_Strait
Incident 4,386+ 20 December 1987 MV Doña Paz collided with the oil tanker MT Vector (in the Tablas Strait, Philippines). Casualty estimates vary because thousands
List of accidents and disasters by death toll
List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll
the 20th century, and the vessel was even named the Asia's Titanic. MT Vector Vector Shipping 11 0 2 MV Doña Marilyn Sulpicio Lines 24 October 1988 389
List of maritime disasters in the Philippines
List_of_maritime_disasters_in_the_Philippines
Line or vector perpendicular to a curve or a surface
In geometry, a normal is an object (e.g. a line, ray, or vector) that is perpendicular to a given object. For example, the normal line to a plane curve
Normal_(geometry)
Branch of mathematics
transpose MT of M, obtained by exchanging rows and columns. If elements of vector spaces and their duals are represented by column vectors, this duality
Linear_algebra
Pseudorandom number generator
for the state vector int state_index; // index into state vector array, 0 <= state_index <= n-1 always } mt_state; void initialize_state(mt_state* state
Mersenne_Twister
Research ship
surveyed the wrecks of the Philippine ferry, MV Doña Paz and the oil tanker MT Vector. Both wrecks were found 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) apart at a depth of 500
RV_Petrel
Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1980–1989)
ferry MV Doña Paz burned and sank after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector off the island of Marinduque. With an estimated death toll of over 4,000
1980s
Adenoviral vector for vaccines
ChAdOx1 is an adenoviral vector for vaccines that was developed by the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford. The vector is a chimpanzee adenovirus modified
ChAdOx1
Day of the year
the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people
December_20
Tomography technique based on high-energy muon particles
Mt Echia (in Naples, Italy) with 2 muon detectors, MU-RAY and MIMA, which successfully imaged 2 known cavities and discovered one unknown cavity. Mt
Muon_tomography
System-on-a-chip designed by Apple Inc.
2a. It supports the Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) but not the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE). Because of the lack of SVE support, the LLVM compiler officially
Apple_M4
Invasion of an organism's body by pathogenic agents
injection or transplantation of infected material. Vector-borne transmission, transmitted by a vector, which is an organism that does not cause disease
Infection
000 10,000 Ashland Oil Company MT Vector Philippines, Tablas Strait, Oriental Mindoro 20 December 1987 370 370 Vector Shipping Inc. (Francisco Soriano)
List_of_oil_spills
Volcano on Jeju Island, South Korea
model of Halla, the weather data of the Korean peninsula, and the wind vectors from the AWS are analyzed. When the south winds flow into the sea, sea
Hallasan
travelling from Leyte to Manila and said to be overloaded, and oil tanker MT Vector collide at Tablas Strait off Mindoro Island, setting both on fire; 26
1987_in_the_Philippines
Machine learning software library
Inference, Static Graph Optimization, IT Features and new MindSpore Elec MT (MindSpore-powered magnetotelluric) Intelligent Inversion Model. Free and
MindSpore
pME18s contain it. Huang MT, Gorman CM (1990). "The simian virus 40 small-t intron, present in many common expression vectors, leads to aberrant splicing"
Small_t_intron
Continent
heightening their exposure to shocks. Health outcomes worsen as heat stress, vector-borne diseases (such as malaria and dengue), and malnutrition become more
Africa
Genus of disease-spreading insects
and public health consequences in sub-Saharan Africa as the biological vectors of trypanosomes, causing human and animal trypanosomiasis. Tsetse flies
Tsetse_fly
Programming paradigm in which many processes are executed simultaneously
linear arrays of numbers or vectors. An example vector operation is A = B × C, where A, B, and C are each 64-element vectors of 64-bit floating-point numbers
Parallel_computing
Interisland passenger ferry MV Doña Paz, said to be overloaded, and oil tanker MT Vector collide and sink at Tablas Strait between Marinduque and Oriental Mindoro
Timeline of Philippine history
Timeline_of_Philippine_history
Dutch defence vehicles manufacturer
became the basis of the ATTV (Air Transportable Tactical Vehicle, designated VECTOR by the Netherlands Armed Forces. Consequently, Defenture submitted the bid
Defenture
Method of heat exchange in which convection drives pumpless circulation
thermosiphons can only transfer heat "upward", or away from the acceleration vector. Thus, orientation is much more important for thermosiphons than for heatpipes
Thermosiphon
BitTorrent metasearch engine
permanent closure. The hacker has posted explanation behind the attack vector as well as a leak of a database. Since its inception, the site has changed
YggTorrent
Infection transmitted through human sexual behavior
i–vii, 1–383. ISBN 90-420-0618-8. OCLC 45139781. PMID 11027064. Gilbert MT, Rambaut A, Wlasiuk G, Spira TJ, Pitchenik AE, Worobey M (November 2007).
Sexually transmitted infection
Sexually_transmitted_infection
Goebel, Greg (1 February 2020). "[2.0] Vampire In Foreign Service". Air Vectors (v1.0.8 ed.). Various, "Fireforce Exposed: the Rhodesian Security Forces
List of weapons of the Rhodesian Bush War
List_of_weapons_of_the_Rhodesian_Bush_War
2024 Intel product line
instruction fetch, increased throughput for 128-bit floating-point and SIMD vector data types, and their L2 cache receiving a doubling in bandwidth. Intel
Arrow_Lake_(microprocessor)
Study of geometry using a coordinate system
be a nonzero vector. The plane determined by this point and vector consists of those points P {\displaystyle P} , with position vector r {\displaystyle
Analytic_geometry
Part of the female reproductive tract
(November 2021). "Semen: A modulator of female genital tract inflammation and a vector for HIV-1 transmission". American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 86
Vagina
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
base module (chiefly from the star cameras) was less than 1 mT. Sixteen complete vector magnetic field measurements and eight scalar measurements were
Explorer_61
Theorem in linear algebra
Donsker–Varadhan–Friedland formula: Let p be a probability vector and x a strictly positive vector. Then, r = sup p inf x > 0 ∑ i = 1 n p i [ A x ] i / x
Perron–Frobenius_theorem
Category 3 South Pacific cyclone in 2023
2023. "Cyclone Gabrielle: 14 Feb 3.30pm update". Vector Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2023. "Outages". Vector Limited. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original
Cyclone_Gabrielle
Invasive ant species
ants may be capable of impacting vector-borne disease transmissions by regulating tick populations and altering vector and host dynamics, thereby reducing
Red_imported_fire_ant
Biological system in animals and plants for gas exchange
inhalation and exhalation) is exactly the same at sea level, as on top of Mt. Everest, or in a diving chamber or decompression chamber. However, as one
Respiratory_system
1902 mountaineering disaster in Japan
Oceans around Japan Observed by the Scatterometer-Derived Ocean Surface Vector Winds". Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. 84 (2): 365–373
Hakkōda_Mountains_disaster
Graphics processing unit brand
(TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed. Xe2-HPG Cores (Xe Vector Engines) Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units :
Intel_Arc
Migrations of Indo-Aryans into the Indian subcontinent
from the north, from the west, and that perhaps maybe this would be a vector for the movement of these people. Another reason that people think that
Indo-Aryan_migrations
Method of gene modification
Persons DA (May 2010). "Lentiviral vector gene therapy: effective and safe?". Mol. Ther. 18 (5): 861–2. doi:10.1038/mt.2010.70. PMC 2890097. PMID 20436489
Lentiviral vector in gene therapy
Lentiviral_vector_in_gene_therapy
Visual examples of techniques for image scaling
realesrgan-x4plus for portrait photo, realesrgan-x4plus-anime for others Orchard, M.T.; Li, Xin (September 2000). New Edge Directed Interpolation (PDF). Internation
Comparison gallery of image scaling algorithms
Comparison_gallery_of_image_scaling_algorithms
Cave in Kenya
Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) in an attempt to identify the vector species presumably residing in the cave. Despite sampling a wide variety
Kitum_Cave
Staple crop
al. found that these two areas have two distinct subpopulations of the vector, Bemisia tabaci whiteflies. Genetically engineered cassava offers opportunities
Cassava
Reputation management algorithm for peer-to-peer networks
of x, the trust vector t ¯ i {\displaystyle {\bar {t}}_{i}} will converge to the same vector for every peer in the network. The vector t ¯ i {\displaystyle
EigenTrust
Parasitic infectious disease
the most important vector in areas of China. Freshwater prawns, crabs, or other paratenic, or transport, hosts can also act as vectors. A. cantonensis is
Angiostrongyliasis
doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1962-0136051-9. Kanada, Y. (November 1988). "Vectorization of multiple-precision arithmetic program and 201,326,000 decimal digits
Chronology of computation of pi
Chronology_of_computation_of_pi
Diagrammatic representation of Sun's position over a period of time
given location on the surface of the Earth. The idea is based on the unit vector with its origin fixed at a chosen point on the surface of the Earth and
Analemma
Fred; New York: Knopf; 2000; pp. 541–42, 809 n11; ISBN 0-375-40642-5 Vectors of Death: The Archaeology of European Contact; University of New Mexico
Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Population_history_of_the_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Algorithm for evaluating the quality of machine-translated text
definition of BLEU, but a whole family of them, parametrized by the weighting vector w := ( w 1 , w 2 , ⋯ ) {\displaystyle w:=(w_{1},w_{2},\cdots )} . It is
BLEU
Objects that generalize functions
may be multiplied by real numbers and added together, so they form a real vector space. Distributions may also be multiplied by infinitely differentiable
Distribution (mathematical analysis)
Distribution_(mathematical_analysis)
Prion disease affecting the deer family
avian scavenger, the American crow, was recently evaluated as a potential vector for CWD. As CWD prions remain viable after passing through the bird's digestive
Chronic_wasting_disease
Probability distribution
{\displaystyle y=(y_{1},...,y_{n})} , define 1 x n {\displaystyle 1xn} parameter vectors by a = ( a 1 , . . . , a n ) {\displaystyle a=(a_{1},...,a_{n})} , b =
Generalized_beta_distribution
Prefecture capital and Core city in Tōhoku, Japan
Oceans around Japan Observed by the Scatterometer-Derived Ocean Surface Vector Winds". Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. pp. 365–373. Archived
Aomori
Eradicated viral disease
remain, one in the United States at the CDC in Atlanta, and one at the Vector Institute in Koltsovo, Russia. Research with the remaining virus samples
Smallpox
Base pairs in molecular genetics
York. pp. 1–8. doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-5190-3. ISBN 978-0-387-90761-1. Sykes MT, Levitt M (August 2005). "Describing RNA structure by libraries of clustered
Non-canonical_base_pairing
Mathematical models for calculating viscosity
{K} _{ra}} are absolute and relative permeability, respectively. These 3 vector equations model flow of water, oil, and natural gas in subsurface oil and
Viscosity_models_for_mixtures
South Korean boy band
soft-power coréen qui pourrait inspirer notre M-pop" [K-pop, this formidable vector of Korean soft-power which could inspire our M-pop]. L'Opinion (in French)
Ateez
Integer side lengths of a right triangle
symmetric, it follows from a result in linear algebra that there is a column vector ξ = [m n]T such that the outer product holds, where the T denotes the matrix
Pythagorean_triple
Japanese supercomputer
on the ARM version 8.2A processor architecture, and adopts the Scalable Vector Extensions for supercomputers. Fugaku was aimed to be about 100 times more
Fugaku_(supercomputer)
Medical condition
"A Phase 1/2 Clinical Study of Intravenous Gene Transfer With an AAVrh10 Vector Expressing GALC in Krabbe Subjects Receiving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Krabbe_disease
Intel processor microarchitecture
cache line size New μOP cache, up to 1536-entry Improved 3 integer ALU, 2 vector ALU and 2 AGU per core Two load/store operations per CPU cycle for each
Sandy_Bridge
Laboratory technique to multiply a DNA sample for study
for insertion into a vector from a larger genome, which may be only available in small quantities. Using a single set of 'vector primers', it can also
Polymerase_chain_reaction
Spectroscopic technique based on change of nuclear spin state
magnetization vector then precesses about the external magnetic field vector at the NMR frequency of the spins. This oscillating magnetization vector induces
Nuclear_magnetic_resonance
accelerates JavaScript execution by taking advantage of multiple cores and vector instructions. Reference unknown. 2011 Robson Flash cache Intel Turbo Memory
List_of_Intel_codenames
Medical condition
891–896. doi:10.3201/eid0809.020096. PMC 2732539. PMID 12194762. Cushion MT (1998). "Ch. 34: Pneumocystis carinii". In Collier L, Balows A, Sussman M
Pneumocystis_pneumonia
Matrix whose entries are all minors of another matrix
standard coordinate basis e1, ..., en. The r th exterior power of Rn is the vector space ∧ r R n {\displaystyle \wedge ^{r}\mathbf {R} ^{n}} whose basis consists
Compound_matrix
Daily log of an ongoing military conflict
all-terrain vehicles, over 6,500 rounds of 155mm smoke ammunition, four Vector reconnaissance drones, five border protection vehicles, six truck tractor
Timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war (8 June 2023 – 31 August 2023)
Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(8_June_2023_–_31_August_2023)
Airport serving Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Retrieved 29 November 2025. "VECC - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 9
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport
Type of RNA
A short hairpin RNA or small hairpin RNA (shRNA/Hairpin Vector) is an artificial RNA molecule with a tight hairpin turn that can be used to silence target
Short_hairpin_RNA
Game engine developed by Sierra On-Line
Like Sierra's early titles in the Hi-Res Adventures series, AGI games used vector graphics. The PCjr accepted floppy disks with a capacity of 360 kilobytes
Adventure_Game_Interpreter
Proprietary Yes Turbo Pascal CodeGear (Borland) No No Yes Freeware Yes Vector Pascal Glasgow University Yes Yes No OpenSource No Virtual Pascal Vitaly
List_of_compilers
Omnibus large language model
Hao; Gonzalez, Joseph E.; Stoica, Ion (2023). "Judging LLM-as-a-Judge with MT-Bench and Chatbot Arena". arXiv:2306.05685 [cs.CL]. "Vicuna - Open-Source
Vicuna_LLM
Topics referred to by the same term
{\sqrt {-1}}} ) j, a hyperbolic unit in a split-complex numbers j, a basis vector of a quaternion j, an index variable in a matrix j-invariant, a modular
J_(disambiguation)
Class of chemical substance
Bauke; Zuilhof, Han; Cokoja, Mirza; Fischer, Roland A. (2022-02-14). "Vectorial Catalysis in Surface-Anchored Nanometer-Sized Metal–Organic Frameworks-Based
Metal–organic_framework
Mass of a substance which passes per unit of time
considered. The vector area is a combination of the magnitude of the area through which the mass passes through, A {\displaystyle A} , and a unit vector normal
Mass_flow_rate
Type of solar radiation modification
mosquitoes and thus substantially affecting the distribution and spread of vector-borne diseases. Considering the already-extensive present-day mosquito habitat
Stratospheric aerosol injection
Stratospheric_aerosol_injection
Real numbers adjoined with a nil-squaring element
.} It may also be defined as the exterior algebra of a one-dimensional vector space with ε {\displaystyle \varepsilon } as its basis element. Division
Dual_number
Agilis TF-1000 Agilis TF-1200 Agilis TF-1400 Agilis TF-1500 Agilis TJ-60 (MT-60) Agilis TJ-75 Agilis TJ-80 Agilis TJ-400 Agusta GA.40 Agusta GA.70 Agusta
List_of_aircraft_engines
Volcanic eruption in Italy
of the Earth as it was in 79 AD. The broad field of the sample was the vector sum of the fields of the high-blocking material and the low-blocking material
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD
System of codes for unambiguously representing measurement units
per metre mWb/m magnetic vector potential m⋅g⋅s−1⋅C−1 milliweber metre mWb⋅m magnetic moment m3⋅g⋅s−1⋅C−1 millitesla metre mT⋅m magnetic rigidity m⋅g⋅s−1⋅C−1
Unified Code for Units of Measure
Unified_Code_for_Units_of_Measure
Temperature at which a solid turns liquid
patent data have been summarized in (respectively) random forest and support vector machines. Boiling point Congruent melting Hagedorn temperature Hafnium carbonitride
Melting_point
Nuclear reaction between a neutrino and an atomic nucleus
{\displaystyle g_{V}^{p}} is the vector coupling constant of the proton, g A p {\displaystyle g_{A}^{p}} is the axial vector coupling constant of the proton
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering
Coherent_elastic_neutrino-nucleus_scattering
Using an animal's anti-disease protections against its reproductive system
Parastrongyloides trichosuri has identified it as a possible immunocontraceptive vector. In placental mammals, fertilization typically occurs inside the female
Immunocontraception
Serotonin dopamine partial agonist atypical antipsychotic
Doses of OPC-34712 in the Treatment of Adults With Acute Schizophrenia (VECTOR) A Long-term Trial of OPC-34712 in Patients With Schizophrenia The effectiveness
Brexpiprazole
Proposed Mars sample return mission
toward the Martian sky. The Vertically Ejected Controlled Tip-off Release (VECTOR) system adds a slight rotation during launch, pitching the rocket up and
NASA-ESA_Mars_Sample_Return
Emissions, impacts and responses of Japan related to climate change
has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. In 2019 Japan emitted 1212 Mt CO2eq, The per capita CO2 emissions were 9.31 tonnes in 2017 and was the 5th
Climate_change_in_Japan
Branch of medical science
food or water sources Airborne transmission - Pathogen carrying spores Vector transmission - An organism that does not cause disease itself but transmits
Medical_microbiology
Airport serving Columbus, Ohio, United States
flight tracker NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCMH FAA current CMH delay information 39°59′53″N
John Glenn Columbus International Airport
John_Glenn_Columbus_International_Airport
Mean position of all the points in a shape
X} of R n {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}} can also be computed by the vector formula C = ∫ x g ( x ) d x ∫ g ( x ) d x = ∫ X x d x ∫ X d x {\displaystyle
Centroid
Genetic segments that can enhance their own transmission at the expense of other genes
a second element (the PiggyBac transposase), located on another plasmid vector, can be co-transfected into the target cell. The PiggyBac transposase cuts
Selfish_genetic_element
Hypotenuse of right triangle from its sides
doi:10.1145/3568672. MR 4567887. Lyons, Richard G. (2010). "13.2 High-speed vector magnitude approximation". Understanding Digital Signal Processing (3rd ed
Pythagorean_addition
Set of quasilinear hyperbolic equations governing adiabatic and inviscid flow
orthonormal basis which consists of a tangential unit vector, a normal unit vector, and a binormal unit vector to the streamline, respectively. Since a streamline
Euler equations (fluid dynamics)
Euler_equations_(fluid_dynamics)
Type of mathematical space
any finite-dimensional normed vector space is compact. This is not true for infinite dimensions; in fact, a normed vector space is finite-dimensional if
Compact_space
Species of fungus
Polistes dorsalis, a species of social wasps, have been recorded as a vector of the spread of this particular fungus. During their foraging behavior
Claviceps_purpurea
MT VECTOR
MT VECTOR
Boy/Male
Tamil
Gaurishankar | கௌரீஷஂகர
Peak of the himalayas, Mt everest
Gaurishankar | கௌரீஷஂகர
Boy/Male
Tamil
Gourishankar | கௌரீஷஂகர
Peak of the himalayas, Mt everest
Gourishankar | கௌரீஷஂகர
Boy/Male
Hindu
Peak of the himalayas, Mt everest
Boy/Male
Hindu
Peak of the himalayas, Mt everest
MT VECTOR
MT VECTOR
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu
Origin; Birth Place
Boy/Male
Hindu
One of the kauravas
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hopes for the future
Girl/Female
Muslim
White gazelle, Antelope
Male
German
German form of Scandinavian Axel, AKSEL means "father of peace."Â
Girl/Female
Hindu
Female
Italian
Pet form of Italian Giorgia, GIORGINA means "earth-worker, farmer."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Antecedent. Preceding.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vairinchya | வைரிஂசà¯à®¯à®¾
Lord brahmas son
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
Winner; Successful
MT VECTOR
MT VECTOR
MT VECTOR
MT VECTOR
MT VECTOR
a.
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.
n.
In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
a.
Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.
n.
The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form.
n. sing. & pl.
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.
n.
A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.
n.
A term made up of the two parts / + /1 /-1, where / and /1 are vectors.
n.
Same as Radius vector.
n.
A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar.
n.
An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite.
n.
A spiral whose polar equation is r2/ = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.
n.
The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.
n.
In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.