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[vek-ter] / ˈvɛk tər /


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Distillation, a vector by which powerful AI spreads, has been a focus of U.S. attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"Beyond fundamental importance, this discovery can enable novel planar device architectures and sensor types, such as vector magnetometry, via measuring the out-of-plane and in-plane anomalous Hall effect signals in the same device," Singh said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Because we focus so much on the kind of retroactive or reactionary human caseload, we miss the opportunity to control the vector and to understand more about the vector,” LaDeau said.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Within our service area, the five-year average for West Nile Virus-positive mosquito samples at this point in the season is approximately four,” said Caroline Gongora, public information coordinator for the vector control district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

An outbreak of yellow fever in Trinidad in 1954 followed failure to control the vector mosquito because of resistance.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

These vectors amplify market dislocations as multiple participants simultaneously unwind positions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Researchers are increasingly examining how diseases transmitted by vectors may have restricted where canine populations could survive and expand.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Searching for "secret information" that could help it cheat the evaluation, the OpenAI system "chained together multiple attack vectors, including using stolen credentials".

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

As The Wall Street Journal’s Theo Francis details elsewhere, chip maker Nvidia rules the roost thanks to high scores on five of the six vectors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Ifx represents the vector of variables, b and c are vectors of known coefficients, and A is a matrix of coefficients, determine the maximum value of the objective function cTx .

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman

You can feel the vectored torque tugging at the wheel as it fights off understeer in a tight turn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

“If that is the case it will raise questions about how it is vectored between such geographically separated sites.”

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023

Pentagon spokesman John Supple said the military has no reports of “aircraft being inappropriately vectored in the region mentioned” in the notice.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

“The results are plausible, and not very different to those seen with other AdV vectored products,” he said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2020

Radar couldn't pick it up so the two airplanes were just vectored into the general area.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt

He said that’s a much more advanced method of thrust vectoring than a previous method traditionally used on the North’s solid motor missiles.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

Of the more than 3,500 mosquito species, only a few hundred are capable of vectoring disease.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019

A brake torque vectoring system similar to the one on the Volkswagen GTI pulses all four wheels to keep Alltrack’s trajectory true.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2016

Powertrain: Turbocharged, direct-injection, horizontally opposed 3.0-liter six-cylinder, with variable valve timing and lift; seven-speed dual-clutch automated manual; full-time all-wheel drive with rear torque vectoring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2016

The reporters and photographers were asked to leave the radar room on the pretext that classified radio frequencies and procedures were being used in vectoring the interceptors.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt




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