Wiktionary
n. (context mathematics English) The vector whose initial and final points are those of a series of other vectors laid end to end.
WordNet
n. a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors [syn: resultant]
Usage examples of "vector sum".
We might have done it the other way round, of coursesame mass, different velocitiesand arrived at the same vector sum.
Emotions ran through her blood like vectors, and she followed the vector sum.
The final position of the ship would lie somewhere on the surface of an imaginary sphere, the center of which would be that point in space where the meteor struck, and the radius of which would be the vector sum of the remaining Jumps.
The final position of the ship would lie somewhere on the surface of an imaginary sphere, the center of which would be that point in space where the meteor struck, and the radius of which would be the vector sum of the remaining jumps.