Synonyms for VECTOR
ˈvɛk tərvec·tor

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1. vectornoun

   a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

   Synonyms:
   transmitter

2. vectornoun

   a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

   Synonyms:
   transmitter

3. vector, transmitternoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   sender, vector, transmitter

4. vectornoun

   (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell

   Synonyms:
   transmitter

Matched Categories

1. • Agent
   • Animal
   • Genetics
   • Straight Line
   • Variable
   • Virus

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1. List of paraphrases for "vector":

   vectors, vehicle, delivery, carrier, mosquito, construct

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How to use VECTOR in a sentence?

1. Del Rio:

   The adenovirus vector vaccine may have something to do with it.

2. "Scratch" Garrison:

   A plan is just a tangent vector on the manifold of reality.

3. President Dilma Rousseff:

   We must wage war against the Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, of chikungunya and of Zika, while we do not have a vaccine against the Zika virus, the war must be concentrated on the elimination of breeding grounds for the mosquito.

4. Xavier Castellanos:

   It requires a shift in approach from responding to isolated outbreaks to investment in strategies that cover effective vector control, access to health services and early clinical management.

5. Bate, Mueller & White, 1971, "Fundamentals of Astrodynamics":

   Equation (1.2-9) is a second order, nonlinear, vector, differential equation which has defied solution in its present form. It is here therefore we depart from the realities of nature to make some simplifying assumptions...