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vector

/ˈvɛktə/

/ˈvɛktər/

Übersetzungen

vectorsubstantiv

vectors

Pl.

/ˈvɛktə/

/ˈvɛktər/

вектор

The vector has both magnitude and direction.

Вектор имеет как величину, так и направление.

переносчик

The mosquito is a vector for malaria.

Комар является переносчиком малярии.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

Synonyme

vectorverb

vectored

Präteritum

vectored

Partizip Perfekt

vectoring

Gerundium

/ˈvɛktə/

/ˈvɛktər/

Used chiefly in aviation and molecular biology (‘to vector an aircraft’, ‘the virus vectored the gene into the cells’).

Synonyme

pass on

vectoradjektiv

Attributive use meaning ‘relating to vectors’ (vector quantity, vector graphics).

Synonyme

Definitionen

vectorsubstantiv

A quantity having direction as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another.

In physics, a vector is used to represent quantities like velocity and force.

An organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.

Mosquitoes are well-known vectors for malaria.

A course to be taken by an aircraft.

The air traffic controller provided the pilot with a new vector to avoid the storm.

A DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell.

Scientists used a viral vector to introduce the new gene into the patient's cells.

Computing: an ordered list of data items, typically of the same type, accessible by index.

The function returns a vector of integers.

vectorverb

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.

vectoradjektiv

Relating to or involving vectors.

The course covers both scalar and vector quantities.