VECTOR

Vector

In epidemiology, a vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism.

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vector

Noun

  1. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
  2. An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the between two points.
  3. Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
    The vectors in <math>{\mathbb Q}1</math> are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is <math>x^{42}+\frac1{137}x-1</math>.
  4. A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
  5. A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
  6. A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
  7. A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
  8. The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.
  9. A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
  10. A one-dimensional array.

Verb

  1. To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.


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