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Vector
01
a person, animal, or microorganism that carries and transmits a disease from one host to another
Voorbeelden
Humans can inadvertently become vectors for viral infections.
02
vector, vector
an ordered set of numbers that describes both magnitude and direction, commonly used to represent quantities like displacement, velocity, or force in physics and engineering
Voorbeelden
Acceleration, a vector in kinematics, represents the rate of change of velocity over time.
Versnelling, een vector in kinematica, vertegenwoordigt de snelheid van verandering van snelheid in de tijd.
03
a virus, plasmid, or other agent used to deliver genetic material into a cell
Voorbeelden
A retroviral vector can integrate DNA into the host genome.
