vector中文

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vector
/ 5vektE /

◙ 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
• [数，物] 矢量，向量
  a matrix with one row or one column
• 单行（或列）矩阵
  a course to be taken by an aircraft
• 航线
  [as modifier] [Computing] denoting a type of graphical representation using lines to construct the outlines of objects
• [计算机] 模型
2. an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another
• 载体，媒介
  [Genetics] a bacteriophage or plasmid which transfers genetic material into a cell, or from one bacterium to another
• [遗传] （基因转导）载体
◙ verb
1. [with obj. and adverbial of direction] [常作 be vectored] direct (an aircraft in flight) to a desired point
• 引导；引向目标

【派生】

♦ vectorial adjective
♦ vectorially adverb
♦ vectorization noun
1. (only in sense 1 of the noun
♦ vectorize verb
1. (也作 -ise). (only in sense 1 of the noun

【语源】

1. mid 19th cent.: from Latin, literally carrier', from vehere 'convey'