also: ベクタ
In genetics, a vehicle used to transfer genetic material into a cell, such as a plasmid or virus.
In gene therapy, viruses are sometimes used as vectors.
disease vector
An organism, typically an insect or tick, that transmits a pathogen from one host to another.
Mosquitoes are vectors for malaria.
A quantity having direction as well as magnitude. In Japanese, ベクトル is more common for this sense, but ベクター is also used.
See also: ベクトル
Velocity is a vector quantity.