a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease;
"mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever" "fleas are vectors of the plague" "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases" "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
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The strain vector is a scalar quantity.应变向量为一纯量。
Pilot Preferences on Vector Moving-Map Displays.飞行员偏好向量移动地图显示。
Every vector can be resolved into covariant or into contravariant components.每个矢量都可以分解成协变分量或逆变分量。
Mosquitoes are feared as vectors of malaria.恐怕蚊子是疟疾的传播体。
