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vector addition

American  

noun

Mathematics.
  1. the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.


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Another operation we can perform on vectors is to add them together in vector addition, but because each vector may have its own direction, the process is different from adding two numbers.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

We have already seen how some of the algebraic properties of vectors, such as vector addition and scalar multiplication, can be extended to three dimensions.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Like vector addition and subtraction, the dot product has several algebraic properties.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

We have defined scalar multiplication and vector addition geometrically.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The sum of two vectors u and v, or vector addition, produces a third vector u+ v, the resultant vector.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

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