VECTOR as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
    Hypernyms(s) vector is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 ve
    Hypernyms(s) vector is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
    Hypernyms(s) vector is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)