WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-vec-, root.
- -vec- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "drive;
convey.'' This meaning is found in such words as: convection, invective, vector.
'-vec-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advection
- characteristic vector
- column vector
- intermediate vector boson
- line vector
- radius vector
- row vector
- sliding vector
- unit vector
- vector
- vector addition
- vector analysis
- vector field
- vector function
- vector graphics
- vector product
- vector space
- vector sum
- zero vector