ALL meanings of vector field
vec·tor field
V v - noun vector field a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function. 1
- noun vector field (mathematics) A construction in which each point in a Euclidean space is associated with a vector; a function whose range is a vector space. 0
- noun vector field (differential geometry) A function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point. 0
- noun vector field a region of space under the influence of some vector quantity, such as magnetic field strength, in which the quantity takes a unique vector value at every point of the region 0