Antonyms for Vector
ˈvɛk tərvec·tor

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   • Variable
   • Virus

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1. vectornoun

   a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

   Synonyms:
   transmitter

2. vectornoun

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

   Synonyms:
   transmitter

3. vector, transmitternoun

   any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease

   "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"

   Synonyms:
   sender, vector, transmitter

4. vectornoun

   (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell

   Synonyms:
   transmitter

How to use Vector in a sentence?

1. Anthony Fauci:

   You need to protect yourself because you are not completely exempt from serious illness, and you can become the vector, or the carrier of infection, where you get infected, you feel well and then you inadvertently and innocently pass it on to your grandfather, your grandmother or an uncle who is on chemotherapy for cancer.

2. Sadie Ryan:

   If you think about why we don't have malaria in United States now, [ it ] is because we had incredibly successful vector control, we have these tools, but we have to want to use them.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   We will see little mini-outbreaks like in Florida or in Texas that can be well-controlled with mosquito vector control. Hopefully, we will not see anything worse than that.

4. Xavier Castellanos:

   It requires a shift in approach from responding to isolated outbreaks to investment in strategies that cover effective vector control, access to health services and early clinical management.

5. Dan Barouch:

   There was a theoretical concern that the generation of anti-vector antibodies by the first shot could impede the use of it again, i think these data put that to rest.

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