Vector meaning

noun

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”

   Synonymstransmitter

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