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Results for: "vector"

Translating from English to German

Translations:

vector — directed quantity
→ Vektor m
vector — carrier of a disease-causing agent
→ Vektor m
→ Überträger m

More translations:

vector
→ Vektor
vector
→ krankheitsübertragendes Insekt
vector
→ Flugzeugspur
vector
→ Datenfeld

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 4

  1. a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

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

  3. 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”
    Synonymstransmitter
  4. (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell