vector

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	virus,
definition	:	(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cosmid,
definition	:	(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments (noun.animal)

domain category	:	genetic science, genetics,
definition	:	the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition)

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

hypernym	:	variable, variable quantity,
definition	:	a quantity that can assume any of a set of values (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	cross product, vector product,
definition	:	a vector that is the product of two other vectors (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	resultant, vector sum,
definition	:	a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	radius vector,
definition	:	a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	radius vector,
definition	:	a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating (noun.cognition)

3. any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease (noun.object)

hypernym	:	agent,
definition	:	an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect (noun.object)

hyponym	:	gene delivery vector, transducing vector,
definition	:	a vector for delivering genes into cells (noun.object)

hyponym	:	carrier, immune carrier,
definition	:	(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others (noun.person)

domain category	:	animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna,
definition	:	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)

domain category	:	micro-organism, microorganism,
definition	:	any organism of microscopic size (noun.animal)

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

hypernym	:	straight line,
definition	:	a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	ray,
definition	:	(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point (noun.shape)

5. any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease (noun.object)

derivation	:	communicate, convey, transmit,
definition	:	transfer to another (verb.possession)

derivation	:	communicate, convey, transmit,
definition	:	transfer to another (verb.possession)