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vectoring

vectoring is the present participle and gerund of vector.

Meaning of vector

Verb

vector (third-person singular simple present vectors, present participle vectoring, simple past and past participle vectored)

  1. To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
    • […] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.1994, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Tendencies
  2. To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.

See all 13 meanings of vector

Phrases with vectoring

Questions about vectoring

What is vectoring the present participle and gerund of?
Vectoring is the present participle and gerund of vector.

Words near vectoring in the dictionary

  1. vectored
  2. vectorial
  3. vectorialities
  4. vectoriality
  5. vectorially
  6. vectoring
  7. vectorisation
  8. vectorisations
  9. vectorise
  10. vectorised
  11. vectorises

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