vector analysis

noun

1. the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.

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Eclipsed for much of the 20th century by such tools as vector analysis and matrix algebra, quaternions have more recently enjoyed a renaissance.

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A special phase is presented in Vector Analysis.

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It is found by plotting the sector densities directionally as lines of thrust, proportioned according to the density in each sector, and using vector analysis to obtain a vector resultant, representing the density and direction of the net trend.

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The arrows indicate direction only and their slants were obtained by vector analysis of the over-all sector densities.

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Standard methods of vector analysis are then applied to find the vector resultant.

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