vector
Example Sentences
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The virus is so contagious that any misstep could kill the patient on board and infect the crew members, who would then be vectors to spread the deadly pathogens across America.
In the Middle Ages, rats served as the reservoir for Y. pestis, while fleas acted as the vector that spread the bacterium.
From Science Daily
"Attack vectors are accelerating faster than we can accelerate defence automation and protection," he says.
From BBC
Irked residents across Southern California have recently complained to their vector control districts about an onslaught of mosquito activity, many sporting ankle bites to prove it.
From Los Angeles Times
If you don’t know what “phase space” or “vector space” is, then stay away!
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
