Definitions
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“to carry, transport, bear”), also ultimately the root of English vehicle.
Used in a sentence
“Velocity is a vector defined by the speed of an object and its direction.”
“As examples of vector quantities may be mentioned the distance between any two given points, a velocity, a force, an acceleration, angular velocity, intensity of magnetization flux of heat.”
“The vectors in #123;#92;mathbbQ#125;#91;X#93; are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is #92;textstylex#123;42#125;#43;#92;frac1#123;137#125;x-1.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Quantity with direction”6 letters
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