Carrier vs. Vector

One that transports or conveys

A quantity, such as velocity, completely specified by a magnitude and a direction.

One, such as a person, business, or organization, that deals in the transport of passengers or goods.

A one-dimensional array.

A mechanism or device by which something is conveyed or conducted.

An element of a vector space.

(Medicine) A person or animal that shows no symptoms of a disease but harbors the infectious agent of that disease and is capable of transmitting it to others.

An organism, such as a mosquito or tick, that carries disease-causing microorganisms from one host to another.

(Genetics) An individual that carries one gene for a particular recessive trait. A carrier does not express the trait but, when mated with another carrier, can produce offspring that do.

A bacteriophage, plasmid, or other agent that transfers genetic material from one cell to another.

(Physics) A boson, especially a gauge boson, that conveys a force or mediates an interaction between subatomic particles.

A force or influence.

A carrier wave.

A course or direction, as of an airplane.

A charge-carrying entity, especially an electron or a hole in a semiconductor.

To guide (a pilot or aircraft, for example) by means of radio communication according to vectors.

An aircraft carrier.

(mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

An insurance or underwriting organization.

(mathematics) An ordered tuple representing such.

A telecommunications company.

(mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.

A person or object that carries someone or something else.

(aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.

ellipsis of aircraft carrier

(epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.

A carrier pigeon.

(sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.

A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

(psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.

A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.en

(telecommunication) A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.

(aviation) A certified airline.

(programming) A one-dimensional array.

(engineering) That which drives or carries.

A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.

A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.

(molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.

A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.

To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.

A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

(computing) To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.

A movable piece in a planetary gear train.

Same as Radius vector.

(chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.

A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same and their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar.

A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.

a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

A charge carrier.

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

A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.

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

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

someone whose employment involves carrying something;

a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something;

a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings

an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

a man who delivers the mail

a boy who delivers newspapers

a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like