vector field

American  

noun

Mathematics, Physics.

1. a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.

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vector field British  

noun

1. a region of space under the influence of some vector quantity, such as magnetic field strength, in which the quantity takes a unique vector value at every point of the region

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Example Sentences

In full jargon: a continuous nonvanishing tangent vector field on a sphere can’t exist.

From Scientific American

A magnetic field around any of these structures would form a continuous tangent vector field, and at this point we know what befalls such hairy constructions.

From Scientific American

So as I was preparing for class, I was thinking about vectors and matrices and how we are a vector field glancing off the surface of the ball that is the Earth.

From Salon

By the look of it, cerebral property in humans once dedicated to numeric memory has, in the 6 million years since we diverged from chimpanzees, been co-opted for grander purposes, like the ability to judge whether a sentence like this is true: “There is no non-vanishing continuous tangent vector field on even dimensional spheres.”

From Seattle Times

By the look of it, cerebral property in humans once dedicated to numeric memory has, in the six million years since we diverged from chimpanzees, been co-opted for grander purposes, like the ability to judge whether a sentence like this is true: “There is no non-vanishing continuous tangent vector field on even dimensional spheres.”

From New York Times