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vector

noun \ˈvek-tər\
TopicFundamentals Senses1

Definition of vector

  1. : an ordered list of numbers; in AI, the form in which models represent words, images, and other data internally

    • Each sentence becomes a vector with 1,536 numbers.
    • Search compares the query vector with millions of stored vectors.

Two meanings, one word

In everyday English

In math and physics, a quantity with both size and direction; in medicine, a carrier of disease.

In AI

An ordered list of numbers; in AI, the form in which models represent words, images, and other data internally.

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embedding a list of numbers (a vector) that represents the meaning of a piece of text, an image, or… vector database a database built to store embeddings and quickly find the ones most similar to a query, used… latent space the hidden, many-dimensional space of numbers in which a model represents concepts, where… text-to-vector a generative AI capability that turns a natural-language description into editable vector…

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"Vector." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/vector/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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