VE

n.[ OE. veel, OF. veel, F. veau, L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus a calf; akin to E. wether. See Wether, and cf. Vellum, Vituline. ] The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vectio, from vehere, vectum, to carry. ] Vectitation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vectitatus borne about, fr. vectare, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry. ] The act of carrying, or state of being carried. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry. ] 1. Same as Radius vector. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same and their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In a triangle, either side is the vector sum of the other two sides taken in proper order; the process finding the vector sum of two or more vectors is vector addition (see under Addition). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vectura, from vehere, vectum, to carry. Cf. Vettura, Voiture. ] The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. vēda, properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit. ] The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The language of the Vedas is usually called
Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called
classical Sanskrit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. Vēdanta. ] A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the “Anta, ” or end or substance. Balfour (Cyc. of India.) [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Vedas. [ 1913 Webster ]