Cap vs Vector - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between cap and vector

is that cap is a close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak while vector is a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

As verbs the difference between cap and vector

is that cap is to cover or seal with a cap while vector is to set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.

As an initialism CAP

is (European Union) Common Agricultural Policy.

cap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en noun)

A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.

The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.

A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.

An academic mortarboard

A protective cover or seal

He took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.

A crown for covering a tooth

He had golden caps on his teeth.

The summit of a mountain etc.

There was snow on the cap of the mountain.

An artificial upper limit or ceiling

We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.

The top part of a mushroom

A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun

Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.

A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives

He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.

(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.

* 2001: Charles Jade, Jade goes to Metreon

Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?

(soccer) An international appearance

Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.

(obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

* Shakespeare

Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.

* Fuller

he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks

(zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

(architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.

the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate

Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

(nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.

(geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

A large size of writing paper.

flat cap'''; fools'''cap'''; legal '''cap

Antonyms

* (artificial upper limit) floor

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* (head covering) baseball cap, cunt cap * (protective cover or seal) crown cap, filler cap * (artificial upper limit) interest rate cap * (small amount of explosive used as detonator) percussion cap, pop a cap in someone's ass

Verb

(capp)

To cover or seal with a cap

To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.

To lie over or on top of something

To surpass or outdo

To set an upper limit on something

cap wages.

To make something even more wonderful at the end.

That really capped my day.

(cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side

(slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.

If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.

(sports) to select to play for the national team.

Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.

(obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.

(Shakespeare)

* Thackeray

Tom capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.

To deprive of a cap.

(Spenser)

Etymology 2

From capitalization, by shortening.

Noun

(en noun)

(finance) Capitalization.

Derived terms

* market cap

Etymology 3

From capital, by shortening.

Noun

(en noun)

(informal) An uppercase letter.

Verb

(capp)

(informal) To convert text to uppercase.

Anagrams

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vector

English

(wikify) (wikipedia vector)

Noun

(en noun)

(mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

(mathematics) An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the (soplink) between two points.

(mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.

The vectors in ${\mathbb Q}[X]$ are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is $x^{42}+\frac1{137}x-1$ .

(aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.

(senseid)(epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.

(sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.

(psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.

The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.

(computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced]] and [[jump, jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.

(programming) A one-dimensional array.

Usage notes

* (programming) The term is used loosely when the indices are not (either positive or non-negative) integers.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

* * * * * * * (hyp-mid3) * * * * * * * (hyp-mid3) * * * ) * * * (hyp-bottom)

Derived terms

* * * * * * * * *

Verb

(en verb)

To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.

* 1994 , Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Tendencies

if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.

References

* The New Oxford Dictionary of English

Anagrams

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