Vector in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “vector” in Hindi is निश्चित मात्रा वाली राशि, pronounced nishchit matra vali rashi — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti
Proto-Italic *weɣō
Latin vehō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin vectorlbor.
English vector
Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“to carry, transport, bear”), also ultimately the root of English vehicle.
The “person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme” sense derives from the disease sense.
The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
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Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti
Proto-Italic *weɣō
Latin vehō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin vectorlbor.
English vector
Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“to carry, transport, bear”), also ultimately the root of English vehicle.
The “person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme” sense derives from the disease sense.
The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
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