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Vector quantities are a generalization of [[scalar quantity|scalar quantities]] and can be further generalized as [[tensor quantity|tensor quantities]].<ref name="w531">{{cite web | title=ISO 80000-2:2019 - Quantities and units - Part 2: Mathematics | website=ISO | date=2013-08-20 | url=https://www.iso.org/standard/64973.html | access-date=2024-09-08}}</ref>

Individual vectors may be ordered in a [[sequence]] over time (a [[time series]]), such as position vectors [[discretizing]] a [[trajectory]].

In the natural sciences, the term "vector quantity" also encompasses ''[[vector field]]s'', which are [[vector-valued function]]s over a [[region (mathematics)|region]] of space, such as [[wind velocity]] over Earth's surface.

A vector may also result from the [[function evaluation|evaluation]], at a particular instant, of a continuous [[vector-valued function]] (e.g., the [[pendulum equation]]).

In the natural sciences, the term "vector quantity" also encompasses ''[[vector field]]s'', whichdefined areover a [[vectorTwo-dimensional|two-valued function]]s overor athree-dimensional [[region (mathematics)|region]] of space, such as [[wind velocity]] over Earth's surface.

[[Pseudo vector]]s and [[bivector]]s are also admitted as physical vector quantities.