English to English
vector
('v/E/kt/@/r
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noun (n)
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction(noun.shape)source: wordnet30
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease(noun.object)Example:
Mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever.
Fleas are vectors of the plague.
When medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects.
source: wordnet30 - (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- Same as Radius vector.(noun)source: webster1913