vector
NOUN
/vɛktər/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH V
vector is a valid 6-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
V4E1C3T1O1R1
4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does vector mean?
NOUN · 4 SENSES
1
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”
SYNONYMS
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NARROWER
2
A straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction.
BROADER
NARROWER
3
A variable quantity that can be resolved into components.
BROADER
NARROWER
4
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell.
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