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Definition of Vector

1. Noun. A variable quantity that can be resolved into components.

2. Noun. A straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction.

3. Noun. Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease. "When medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"

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

Definition of Vector

1. n. Same as Radius vector.

2. n. Same as Radius vector.

Definition of Vector

1. to guide in flight by means of radioed directions [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Vector

1. 1. A term to describe something that has both direction and magnitude. 2. Commonly term for a plasmid that can be used to transfer DNA sequences from one organism to another. Different vectors may have properties particularly appropriate to give protein expression in the recipient or for cloning or may have different selectable markers. Recombinant DNA systems especially suited for production of large quantities of specific proteins in bacterial, yeast, insect, or mammalian cell systems. See: transfection. (05 Mar 2000)

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