vector addition

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.

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Example Sentences

Another operation we can perform on vectors is to add them together in vector addition, but because each vector may have its own direction, the process is different from adding two numbers.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

We have seen that vector addition in two dimensions satisfies the commutative, associative, and additive inverse properties.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Like vector addition and subtraction, the dot product has several algebraic properties.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

See Figure 9 for a visual that compares vector addition and vector subtraction using parallelograms.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

The sum of two vectors u and v, or vector addition, produces a third vector u+ v, the resultant vector.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015