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Type Words
Synonyms transmitter
Type of agent
Has types immune carrier, carrier, gene delivery vector, transducing vector


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.
Type Words
Type of straight line
Has types ray
Type Words
Type of variable, variable quantity
Has types radius vector, vector sum, resultant, cross product, vector product
Type Words
Type of virus
Has types cosmid

Examples of vector

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I feel in my gut that we need a new dimension, a new vector, a new lode to mine.
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Many documents can have the same vector representation with this simplification.
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This Coat of arms image could be recreated using vector graphics as an SVG file.
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One must also consider the type of field over which the vector space is defined.
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This article deals with linear maps from a vector space to its field of scalars.
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Assume this spin can be represented by a real vector, pointing in any direction.
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I know up through geometry, and a fair amount of group theory and vector spaces.
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At this time he was a leading expert in the theory of topological vector spaces.
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Any particular vector file format supports only some kinds of primitive objects.
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  • A variable quantity that can be resolved into components
  • A straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
  • Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"
  • (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
  • Vector is a new wave rock band formed in Sacramento, California in the early 1980s by Jimmy Abegg, Steve Griffith and Charlie Peacock. The band had several drummers over the years, including Aaron Smith and Bruce Spencer, both also played drums for The 77s.
  • The Battle Angel Alita manga series features a cast of characters designed by Yukito Kishiro. The series takes place around the city of Scrapyard where residents, of whom many are heavily modified by cybernetics to better cope with the hard life, are forced to make a living.
  • Vector is a class template in the C++ Standard Template Library, which functions like a dynamic array. It is one of several data structures called containers, some of the others being sets, maps, and lists. ...
  • Vector Motors Corporation is an automobile manufacturer originally based in Wilmington, California. Its history can be traced to Vehicle Design Force, which was founded in 1978 by Gerald Wiegert"Vector Aeromotive Corporation - Corporate Backgrounder", The Vector Aeromotive Corporation, prepared ...
  • Vector (Simon Utrecht) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #254. He is the leader of the villainous group, the U-Foes. He alongside the other members of the U-Foes appear primarily as enemies of the Hulk and Spider-Man.