vector field

assignment of a vector to each point in a subset of Euclidean space
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vector field

Summary

vector field ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,105 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • vector field is a type of section[2].
  • vector field is a type of vector[3].
  • vector field is a type of field[4].
  • vector field's Commons category is recorded as Vector fields[5].
  • vector field's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vector fields[6].
  • vector field's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • vector field's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/vector-fields[8].
  • vector field's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/vector-fields[9].
  • vector field's studied by is recorded as vector calculus[10].
  • vector field's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include section[2], vector[3], and field[4].

Why It Matters

vector field ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,105 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . International Electrotechnical Vocabulary. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by vector calculus
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of
    Described by source Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534278505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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