vector

vector
1. noun /ˈvɛktə,ˈvɛktɚ/
b) a chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft
See Also: tuple, ones based indexing, zero based indexing
2. verb /ˈvɛktə,ˈvɛktɚ/
to set (particularly an aircraft) a course toward a selected point.

...if love is vectored toward an object and Elinors here flies toward Marianne, Mariannes in turn toward Willoughby.


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