1 (mathematics) a quantity that has both size and direction:
Acceleration and velocity are both vectors.
compareSCALAR
2 (biology) an insect, etc. that carries a particular disease from one living thing to another:
Mosquitoes are the vectors in malaria.
3 (technical) a course taken by an aircraft
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