vector field
Noun
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Noun
vector field (plural vector fields)
- (mathematics) a function mapping a subset of \mathbb{R}^n into a subset of \mathbb{R}^n
- (differential geometry) a function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point
- French: champ vectoriel
- German: Vektorfeld
- Italian: campo vettoriale
- Portuguese: campo vetorial
- Russian: ве́кторное по́ле
- Spanish: campo vectorial
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