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===Usage notes===
===Usage notes===
The formation reflects the Latin noun ''vector'' (“carrier”), which in English commonly appears in technical contexts (e.g., mathematics, physics) to denote a quantity with magnitude and direction. The term ''ursovector'' humorously literalizes the “carrier” sense.
The neologism uses the Latin noun ''vector'' (“carrier”), which in English commonly appears in technical contexts (e.g., mathematics, physics) to denote a quantity with magnitude and direction. The term ''ursovector'' maladroitly literalizes the “carrier” sense.


* [https://qr.ae/pF7Reh Coined by Ron Davis on Quora in Response to MoribundMurdoch's attempt at a neologism for the concept of "one who bears bears]  
* [https://qr.ae/pF7Reh Coined by Ron Davis on Quora in Response to MoribundMurdoch's attempt at a neologism for the concept of "one who bears bears]


===See also===
===See also===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bear bear]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bear bear]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vector vector]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vector vector]