Vector
01
a person, animal, or microorganism that carries and transmits a disease from one host to another
Exempel
Mosquitoes are the primary vector of malaria.
The flea acts as a vector for the plague bacterium.
02
vektor, vektor
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
Exempel
In physics, force is often represented as a vector, considering both its magnitude and direction.
Inom fysiken representeras kraft ofta som en vektor, där både dess storlek och riktning beaktas.
Velocity, a vector quantity, describes an object's speed and the direction in which it is moving.
Vektorn, en vektorstorhet, beskriver ett objekts hastighet och riktningen det rör sig i.
03
a virus, plasmid, or other agent used to deliver genetic material into a cell
Exempel
The lab used a viral vector to insert the gene into the cell.
Plasmid vectors are common tools for gene cloning.
