Vector

['vektə] or ['vɛktɚ]

Definition

(noun.) (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell.

(noun.) a variable quantity that can be resolved into components.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction.

Typist: Tabitha--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Same as Radius vector.

(n.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar.

Inputed by Logan

Definition

n. (math.) any directed quantity as a straight line in space involving both its direction and magnitude.—n. Vectitā′tion a carrying.—adj. Vectō′rial.

Inputed by Barbara