Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
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Noun
S: (n) vector (vector%1:09:00::) (a variable quantity that can be resolved into components)
S: (n) vector (vector%1:25:00::) (a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction)
S: (n) vector (vector%1:17:00::), transmitter (transmitter%1:17:00::) (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"
S: (n) vector (vector%1:05:00::) ((genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell)