Vector
01
a person, animal, or microorganism that carries and transmits a disease from one host to another
例子
Mosquitoes are the primary vector of malaria.
The flea acts as a vector for the plague bacterium.
02
向量, 矢量
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
例子
In physics, force is often represented as a vector, considering both its magnitude and direction.
在物理学中，力通常被表示为一个矢量，同时考虑其大小和方向。
Velocity, a vector quantity, describes an object's speed and the direction in which it is moving.
矢量，一个矢量数量，描述物体的速度和它移动的方向。
03
a virus, plasmid, or other agent used to deliver genetic material into a cell
例子
The lab used a viral vector to insert the gene into the cell.
Plasmid vectors are common tools for gene cloning.
