Vector - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈvektər|
Brit.
|ˈvektə|
noun
- 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 (syn: transmitter)
- 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 (syn: transmitter)
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
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cellfleas are vectors of the plague
when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects
Extra examples
Mosquitoes are feared as vectors of malaria.
Word forms
noun
singular: vector
plural: vectors
singular: vector
plural: vectors
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