vector sum

1. 1.

   a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors

   Synonymsresultant

   Broadervector

Questions about vector sum

What does vector sum mean?

vector sum means "a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors".

What is another word for vector sum?

Close synonyms include resultant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vector sum a common word?

vector sum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.