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vector::noun | Spocien Dictionary

vector

/'vɛktər/

any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease

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.

vector

/'vɛktər/

a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

Type	Words
Type of	straight line
Has types	ray

vector

/'vɛktər/

a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

Type	Words
Type of	variable, variable quantity
Has types	radius vector, vector sum, resultant, cross product, vector product

vector

/'vɛktər/

(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell

Type	Words
Type of	virus
Has types	cosmid