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• vector — VECTÓR, vectori, s.m. Mărime matematică sau fizică definită printr o valoare numerică, o unitate de măsură, o direcţie şi un punct de aplicaţie (reprezentată grafic printr un segment de dreaptă orientat). ♢ (Adjectival) Rază vectoare. – Din fr.… …   Dicționar Român

• vector — [vek′tər] n. [ModL < L, bearer, carrier < vectus, pp. of vehere, to carry: see WAY] 1. Biol. an animal, esp. an insect, that transmits a disease producing organism from a host to a noninfected animal 2. Math. a) a mathematical expression… …   English World dictionary

• vector — ► NOUN 1) Mathematics & Physics a quantity having direction as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another. 2) an organism that transmits a particular disease or parasite from one animal or… …   English terms dictionary

• Vector — In medicine, a vector is a carrier. The best way to understand a vector is to recall its origin as a word. Vector is the Latin word for a bearer. In parasitology (the study of parasitic organisms), the vector carries the parasitic agent. For… …   Medical dictionary

• Vector (molecular biology) — In molecular biology, a vector is any vehicle used to transfer foreign genetic material into another cell. The vector itself is generally a DNA sequence that consists of an insert (transgene) and a larger sequence that serves as the backbone of… …   Wikipedia

• Vector slime — In the demoscene (demo (computer programming)), vector slime refers to a class of visual effects achieved by procedural deformation of geometric shapes. Synopsis A geometric object exposed to vector slime is usually defined by vertices and faces… …   Wikipedia

• Vector (epidemiology) — The mosquito is a vector for Malaria. In epidemiology, a vector is any agent (person, animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious agent.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Animal model — An animal model is a living, non human animal used during the research and investigation of human disease, for the purpose of better understanding the disease without the added risk of causing harm to an actual human being during the process. The …   Wikipedia

• Animal (album) —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Animal (homonymie).  Animal Album par Ke$ha Sortie …   Wikipédia en Français

• vector — [[t]ve̱ktə(r)[/t]] vectors 1) N COUNT A vector is a variable quantity, such as force, that has size and direction. [TECHNICAL] 2) N COUNT A vector is an insect or other organism that causes a disease by carrying a germ or parasite from one person …   English dictionary

• vector — UK [ˈvektə(r)] / US [ˈvektər] noun [countable] Word forms vector : singular vector plural vectors 1) physics a quantity such as velocity (= speed at which something travels) that can change and is measured by its size and its direction 2) the… …   English dictionary