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vector
noun
1 maths a quantity which has both magnitude and direction, eg force, velocity, acceleration, often represented by an arrow pointing in an appropriate direction, whose length is proportional to its magnitude. Compare scalar.
2 aeronautics the course of an aircraft or missile.
3 med any agent, such as an insect, that is capable of transferring a pathogen from one organism to another, eg from an animal to man, usually without itself contracting the disease, eg the vector of the malaria parasite is the anopheles mosquito.
4 biol in genetic manipulation: a vehicle used to transfer DNA from one organism to another to make recombinant DNA.
5 comput
a a one-dimensional sequence of elements within a matrix;
b such a sequence having a single identifying code or symbol, especially one acting as an intermediate address.
verb (vectored , vectoring ) to direct (an aircraft in flight) to the required destination, especially when the directions are given from the ground.
[18c: Latin, meaning -carrier-]
noun
1 maths a quantity which has both magnitude and direction, eg force, velocity, acceleration, often represented by an arrow pointing in an appropriate direction, whose length is proportional to its magnitude. Compare scalar.
2 aeronautics the course of an aircraft or missile.
3 med any agent, such as an insect, that is capable of transferring a pathogen from one organism to another, eg from an animal to man, usually without itself contracting the disease, eg the vector of the malaria parasite is the anopheles mosquito.
4 biol in genetic manipulation: a vehicle used to transfer DNA from one organism to another to make recombinant DNA.
5 comput
a a one-dimensional sequence of elements within a matrix;
b such a sequence having a single identifying code or symbol, especially one acting as an intermediate address.
verb (vectored , vectoring ) to direct (an aircraft in flight) to the required destination, especially when the directions are given from the ground.
[18c: Latin, meaning -carrier-]
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