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vectored

/ˈvɛktəd/

/ˈvɛktərd/

vectoredpast participle

/ˈvɛktəd/

/ˈvɛktərd/

Used as an attributive adjective derived from the past participle of the verb "vector".

Translations

векторный

The aircraft uses a vectored thrust system for better maneuverability.

Самолёт использует векторную тягу для лучшей маневренности.

Definitions

Directed or guided along a specific path or course.

The aircraft was vectored to avoid the storm.

Carried or transmitted by a vector organism, vehicle, or agent.

Malaria is a mosquito-vectored disease.

Represented, organized, or processed in the form of vectors.

The data are stored in a vectored format to allow faster computation.

Synonyms

vectornoun

Definitions

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

vectored

Past Simple

vectored

Past Simple

vectored

Past Participle

vectoring

Gerund

/ˈvɛktə/

/ˈvɛktər/

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

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

pass on

vectoradjective

Definitions

Relating to or involving vectors.

The course covers both scalar and vector quantities.