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Definitions &Translations What does Vector mean? Definitions for Vector ˈvɛk tər Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Vector. Princeton's WordNet (2.00 / 2 votes) Rate this definition: vector (noun) a variable quantity that can be resolved into components. vector (noun) a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction. vector, transmitter (noun) any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
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Vector (1) (epidemiology) An organism or vehicle that transmits the causative agent or disease-causing organism from the reservoir to the host. (2) (molecular biology) A vehicle (e.g. a plasmid) used to transfer the genetic material such as DNA sequences from the donor organism to the target cell of the recipient organism.
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Vector (epidemiology) Vector (epidemiology) In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.
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Vector In molecular biology, a vector may refer to a plasmid vector, a binary vector, a cloning vector, a shuttle vector, a viral vector, or an expression vector. Word origin: Latin, from vehere, carrier. Related form(s): vectorial (adjective) Synonym(s): carrier (epidemiology) intermediate host (epidemiology) pollinator (botany) See also: transfection; Related term(s):
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- Vector A VECTOR is ANY quantity in physics that has BOTH MAGNITUDE and DIRECTION.Force 5 N, WestAcceleration 10 m/s/s, EVelocity 20 m/s, N Magnitude & DirectionVectorv x a F r r r r, , , Vectors are typically illustrated by drawing an ARROW above the symbol. The arrow is used to convey direction and magnitude.
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- Raster (or bitmap) images are described by an array or map of bits within a rectangular grid of pixels or dots. Vector images are described by lines, shapes, and other graphic image components stored in a format that incorporates geometric formulas for rendering the image elements.
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scalar 1. a physical quantity specified by a single number (a magnitude or point on a scale), such as mass or temperature. See also vector. 2. pertaining to a scalar quantity. scalar. 1. a quantity that has magnitude only (as opposed to also having direction), such as mass or temperature.
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vector vector. 1. a carrier, especially the animal (usually an arthropod) which transfers an infective agent from one host to another, e.g the tsetse fly, which carries trypanosomes from animals to humans, dogs, bats and other animals that transmit the rabies virus.
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Scalars and Vectors Vectors are quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction. The remainder of this lesson will focus on several examples of vector and scalar quantities (distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration). As you proceed through the lesson, give careful attention to the vector and scalar nature of each quantity.
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Vector (epidemiology) Mosquitos are a vector for several diseases, most notably malaria. In epidemiology, a vector is any agent (animal, or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism.
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Vectors Vector is a quantity specified by magnitude plus direction in space Properties of vectors Any vector is uniquely specified by its three components x, y, z which are projections of the vector on coordinate axes with unit vectors (such that )
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Your satisfaction is our priority. Definition of Vector. A vector is a quantity described by both magnitude and direction. Velocity (for example 2.5 m/s west) is a vector, whereas mass (3 kg) is a scalar quantity.efinition of Vector. A vector is a quantity described by both magnitude and direction. Velocity (for example 2.5 m/s west) is a vector, whereas mass (3 kg) is a scalar quantity.
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What is a vector? a host? A vector is an agent that transmits a bacteria, virus, parasite, etc. from a source to the host. An example is the mosquito as the vector of malaria. A host is an organism that carries another in a parasitic or symbiotic relationship . An example is that if a cat has tapeworms, the cat is the host to the tapeworms. A vector is an organism that carries a parasite or pathogen to the host.
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vector The definition of a vector is a quantity that has both size and direction, or an insect that is a carrier of a disease-producing organism. 1  An example of a vector is wind speed because it is measured with two factors - speed and direction. 2  An example of a vector is a disease carrying bug.
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Vector (2) (molecular biology) A vehicle (e.g. a plasmid) used to transfer the genetic material such as DNA sequences from the donor organism to the target cell of the recipient organism. (3) (biology) A biotic agent that disperses reproductive structures of another organism, as a bee transmitting pollen to the stigma of a flower. (4) (mathematics) A term describing something with both direction and magnitude.
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Displacement Physical sciences. Physics. Displacement (vector),is the difference between the final and initial position of a point (for instance, the center of mass of a moving object). The actual path covered to reach the final position is irrelevant.
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Euclidean vector In mathematics, physics, and engineering, a Euclidean vector (sometimes called a geometric or spatial vector, or—as here—simply a vector) is a geometric object that has magnitude (or length) and direction. Vectors can be added to other vectors according to vector algebra. A Euclidean vector is frequently represented by a line segment with a definite direction, or graphically as an arrow, connecting an initial point A with a terminal point B, and denoted by A B → . {\displaystyle {\overrightarrow {AB}}.}.
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Vector Vector, in physics, a quantity that has both magnitude and direction. It is typically represented by an arrow whose direction is the same as that of the quantity and whose length is proportional to the quantity’s magnitude. Although a vector has magnitude and direction, it does not have position. That is, as long as its length is not changed, a vector is not altered if it is displaced parallel to itself. In contrast to vectors, ordinary quantities that have a magnitude but not a direction are called scalars. For example, displacement, velocity, and acceleration are vector quantities, while speed (the magnitude of velocity), time, and mass are scalars. To qualify as a vector, a quantity having magnitude and direction must also obey certain rules of combination.
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vector vector. 1  Biol. an animal, esp. an insect, that transmits a disease-producing organism from a host to an uninfected animal or plant. 2  Math. a mathematical expression denoting a combination of magnitude and direction, as velocity. 3  the particular course followed or to be followed, as by an aircraft; compass heading.
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Vectors A vector has magnitude and direction, and is often written in bold, so we know it is not a scalar: so c is a vector, it has magnitude and direction ; but c is just a value, like 3 or 12.4
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std:: vector std:: vector. Vector. Vectors are sequence containers representing arrays that can change in size. Just like arrays, vectors use contiguous storage locations for their elements, which means that their elements can also be accessed using offsets on regular pointers to its elements, and just as efficiently as in arrays.ompared to the other dynamic sequence containers (deques, lists and forward_lists), vectors are very efficient accessing its elements (just like arrays) and relatively efficient adding or removing elements from its end.
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Vector (biology) Vector (biology) Traditionally in medicine, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. Species of mosquito, for example, serve as vectors for the deadly disease Malaria. This sense of biological vector is the primary one in epidemiology and in common speech. In gene therapy, a virus itself may serve as a vector, if it has been re-engineered and is used to deliver a gene to its target cell. A vector in this sense is a vehicle for delivering genetic material such as DNA to a cell.
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What does a position vector mean? A Position vector is a vector that describes position of a point in space. Often the position of such a point is nothing but the x,y, and z coordinates of the point with origin as the reference point. The direction of such a vector is the arrow or...
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- A vector space is a nonempty set V of. objects, called vectors, on which are de-. ﬁned two operations, called addition and. multiplication by scalars (real numbers), subject to the following 10 axioms (or. rules): 1. The sum of ¯u and ¯v, denoted by.
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- In biology, a vector is any organism that facilitates the spread of a disease. Vectors do not inherently cause diseases but are mere vehicles of the germs that cause disease. Vectors may include...
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Introduction to Vectors and Scalars The unit vector of a vector. DEFINITION: A unit vector is a vector with unit length 1. By standard convention we let i, j and k be unit vectors along the positive x, y and z axes, so in terms of components: Find the length of your own vector and the related unit vector.