(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
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
[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