vector
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)vectors
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into componentsType of variable, variable quantityKinds vector product, radius vector, vector sum
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is directionType of straight lineKinds ray
- 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”Synonyms: transmitterType of agentKinds carrier, transducing vector
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cellType of virusKinds cosmid
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Translations
Noun directed quantity
- Spanish
- vector
- French
- vecteur
- German
- Vektor
- Italian
- vettore
- Portuguese
- vetor
- Turkish
- vektör
- Russian
- ве́ктор véktor
- Arabic
- مُتَّجِه muttajih
- Chinese
- 向量 xiàngliàng
- Japanese
- ベクトル bekutoru
20 more languages
- Dutch
- vector
- Polish
- wektor
- Swedish
- vektor
- Greek
- διάνυσμα diánysma
- Korean
- 벡터 bekteo
- Vietnamese
- vectơ
- Hungarian
- vektor
- Portuguese (PT)
- vector
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 向量 xiàngliàng
- Catalan
- vector
- Czech
- vektor
- Danish
- vektor
- Esperanto
- vektoro
- Finnish
- vektori
- Georgian
- ვექტორი vekṭori
- Hebrew
- וקטור vektór
- Icelandic
- vigur
- Norwegian
- vektor
- Romanian
- vector
- Slovenian
- vektor
Noun carrier of a disease-causing agent
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.
1. Same as Radius vector.
2. Mathematics A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same and their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar.
☞ In a triangle, either side is the vector sum of the other two sides taken in proper order; the process finding the vector sum of two or more vectors is vector addition (see under Addition).
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.<mathematics> A member of a vector space.
2.<graphics> A line or movement defined by its end points, or by the current position and one other point. See vector graphics.
3.<operating system> A memory location containing the address of some code, often some kind of exception handler or other operating system service. By changing the vector to point to a different piece of code it is possible to modify the behaviour of the operating system.
Compare hook.
4.<programming> A one-dimensional array.
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