vector
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
Types & categories
- variable quantity hypernym
- vector product hyponym
- vector sum hyponym
- radius vector hyponym
- radius vector hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
Types & categories
- straight line hypernym
- ray hyponym
Sense 3 noun
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever
Types & categories
- agent hypernym
- transducing vector hyponym
- immune carrier hyponym
Related & opposite
- transmit derivation
- animal domain topic
- microorganism domain topic
Sense 4 noun
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- genetics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | variable quantity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vector product |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vector sum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radius vector |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radius vector |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | straight line |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ray |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | transmit |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | microorganism |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | agent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | transducing vector |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | immune carrier |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | virus |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cosmid |