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ray vs vector

vector vs ray

ray and vector both are nouns.

ray is a verb but vector is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ray Yes No Yes No
vector Yes No No No
As nouns, vector is a hypernym of ray; that is, vector is a word with a broader meaning than ray:
  • ray: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
  • vector: a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
ray (noun) vector (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
a column of light (as from a beacon) a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
ray (verb) vector (verb)
expose to radiation
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
emit as rays
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