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Vectors
- noun - (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- 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"
Vecture
- - The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.
Vedalia
- noun - native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
Vedanga
- noun - Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology
Vedanta
- noun - (from the Sanskrit for `end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas
Veddahs
- - A primitive people of Ceylon.
Vedette
- - A small scouting boat used to observe and report on an opposing naval force.
- A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette.
Veeries
- noun - tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
Veering
- verb - shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered"
- the act of turning aside suddenly
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Vegetal
- adjective - (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
- composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"