Definitions

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  • noun (Math.) A term made up of the two parts � + �1 �-1, where � and �1 are vectors.

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  • noun mathematics An antisymmetric tensor of second rank

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ vector

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Examples

  • Another strategy involved “bivector fields,” which led him to abandon temporarily the idea that particles existed in only one location in space and time.

    American Sketches Walter Isaacson 2009

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