vector

1. A variable quantity that can be resolved into components (synset 105873161)
   is a type of: variable, variable quantity - a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
   subtypes:

   • cross product, vector product - a vector that is the product of two other vectors
   • resultant, vector sum - a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
   • radius vector - a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system
   • radius vector - a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating
2. A straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction (synset 113936278)
   is a type of: straight line - a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
   subtypes: ray - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
3. Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease (synset 109492415)
   "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"
   referred to in:

   • animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
   • micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size
   is a type of: agent - an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
   subtypes:

   • gene delivery vector, transducing vector - a vector for delivering genes into cells
   • carrier, immune carrier - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
   same as: transmitter
4. (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell (synset 101374679)
   referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
   is a type of: virus - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
   subtypes: cosmid - (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

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