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noun : VECTOR
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a variable quantity that can be resolved into components ;
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2. (
) a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction ;
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3. (
) 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" ;
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4. (
) (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell ;
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