Used chiefly in aviation and molecular biology (‘to vector an aircraft’, ‘the virus vectored the gene into the cells’).
Definitionen
To direct or guide (an aircraft or ship) to a desired position or along a specified course. Air-traffic controllers vectored the flight around the storm.
Biology: to carry or transmit (a pathogen, gene, etc.) from one host or location to another. The modified virus efficiently vectored the therapeutic gene into the target cells.
Attributive use meaning ‘relating to vectors’ (vector quantity, vector graphics).
Definitionen
Relating to or involving vectors. The course covers both scalar and vector quantities.