Engelsk navneord: vector | |||
1. | vector (om erkendelse) a variable quantity that can be resolved into components | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | variable, variable quantity | ||
Mere specifikke termer | cross product, radius vector, radius vector, resultant, vector product, vector sum | ||
2. | vector (om form) a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | straight line | ||
Mere specifikke termer | ray | ||
3. | vector (om ting) any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | transmitter | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | agent | ||
Mere specifikke termer | carrier, gene delivery vector, immune carrier, transducing vector | ||
Overordnet emneområde | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, micro-organism, microorganism | ||
4. | vector (om dyr) (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | virus | ||
Mere specifikke termer | cosmid | ||
Overordnet emneområde | genetic science, genetics | ||