ベクター

noun

vector (genetics)

In genetics, a vehicle used to transfer genetic material into a cell, such as a plasmid or virus.

• 遺い伝でん子し治ち療りょうでは、ウイルスをベクターとして使つかうことがある。

  In gene therapy, viruses are sometimes used as vectors.

noun

disease vector

An organism, typically an insect or tick, that transmits a pathogen from one host to another.

• 蚊かはマラリアのベクターです。

  Mosquitoes are vectors for malaria.

noun

vector (math, physics)

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

• 速そく度どはベクター量りょうです。

  Velocity is a vector quantity.