vector
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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)
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 | : | 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) |
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)
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