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vector

noun /vɛktər/ 2 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 11 WWF 13
Definitions
noun

any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease

“mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever”

noun

a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

noun

a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

noun

a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell

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