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Definitions of vector:

noun:   a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
noun:   any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
Example: "Mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"

noun:   a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

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