goal vs vector

goal

noun
  • The act of placing the object into the goal. 

  • A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal. 

  • A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer. 

  • A result that one is attempting to achieve. 

  • In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. 

verb
  • To score a goal. 

vector

noun
  • A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft. 

  • Any member of a (generalized) vector space. 

  • A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme. 

  • A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality. 

  • The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others. 

  • An ordered tuple representing such. 

  • A carrier of a disease-causing agent. 

  • A one-dimensional array. 

  • A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics. 

  • A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another. 

  • A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt. 

  • A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. 

verb
  • To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point. 

  • To redirect to a vector, or code entry point. 

How often have the words goal and vector occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )