vectors

Meanings

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
  • "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 cell
• plural of vector

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of vector

Synonyms

transmitter, vector