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247 lines
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{
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"vector field":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a set of vectors that is defined in relation to a function such that each point of the function is associated with a vector from the set":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There's an instrument that measures incident ions along the spacecraft's orbit, as well as a 13-foot-long boom, which has a vector field magnetometer and three startrackers attached at the halfway point. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 1 June 2020",
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"This map, which is called a vector field , is a snapshot of the internal dynamics of a fluid. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 Dec. 2017",
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"The Navier-Stokes equations take that snapshot and play it forward, telling you exactly what the vector field will look like at every subsequent moment in time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 Dec. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141838"
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},
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"vector diagram":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a diagram involving vectors":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191425"
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},
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"vectorial angle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the angle from the polar axis to the radius vector":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220859"
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},
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"vector calculus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the application of the calculus to vectors":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023447"
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},
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"vector product":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a vector c whose length is the product of the lengths of two vectors a and b and the sine of their included angle, whose direction is perpendicular to their plane, and whose direction is that in which a right-handed screw rotated from a toward b along axis c would move":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030745"
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},
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"vector potential":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a vector field so distributed in space as to represent by means of its curl some physically important vector":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032242"
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},
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"vector psychology":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": topological psychology":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042436"
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},
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"vector analysis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a branch of mathematics that deals with vectors":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145011"
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},
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"vector algebra":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an algebra for which the elements involved may represent vectors and the assumptions and rules are based on the behavior of vectors":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183029"
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},
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"vector multiplication":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the product of vectors":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203508"
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},
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"vector addition":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the process of finding the geometric sum of a number of vectors by repeated application of the parallelogram law":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220113"
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},
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"vector":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a course or compass direction especially of an airplane":[],
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": an organism (such as an insect) that transmits a pathogen from one organism or source to another":[
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"The insect vector in malaria is the anopheline mosquito, a genus comprising many species around the world.",
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"\u2014 Frank Graham, Jr."
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],
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"\u2014 compare carrier sense 5a , reservoir sense 3":[
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"The insect vector in malaria is the anopheline mosquito, a genus comprising many species around the world.",
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"\u2014 Frank Graham, Jr."
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],
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": pollinator sense a":[],
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": an agent (such as a plasmid or virus) that contains or carries modified genetic material (such as recombinant DNA) and can be used to introduce exogenous genes into the genome of an organism":[],
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": to guide (something or someone, such as an airplane, its pilot, or a missile) in flight by means of a radioed vector":[],
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": to change the direction of (the thrust of a jet engine) for steering":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vek-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a mosquito that is the principal vector of yellow fever",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Viral vector vaccines can be stored in common household refrigerators for months, sometimes years. \u2014 Krishna Mallela, The Conversation , 4 May 2022",
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"But viral vector vaccines have also been given to pregnant people with no negative outcomes. \u2014 Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com , 20 May 2021",
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"What is the future of the adenovirus vector vaccines? \u2014 Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS , 3 May 2021",
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"Experts say that manufacturing complex biological products like the viral vector vaccines used by Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca -- especially on a large scale -- is complex. \u2014 Sony Salzman And Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 30 Apr. 2021",
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"At a time of widespread public health crises and evolving ideas about how illnesses spread, kissing was an easily avoidable vector of disease. \u2014 John Last, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
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"That an animal might be a vector of disease can never be a justification for torture. \u2014 WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Executives must clearly communicate the vector of the future workforce and the roles played by employees, freelancers and other temporary workers. \u2014 Jon Younger, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
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"Preliminary results from our study reveal that business-critical priorities cross every vector , from technology investment and process automation, to managing people and optimizing performance. \u2014 Euan Davis, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"That ability to vector torque towards traction should endow the Hummer EV with an unprecedented ability to keep moving forward through even the gnarliest of slippery conditions. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 21 Oct. 2020",
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"In 1998 an insect called the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) showed up in Florida and caused concern because it was known to vector this disease while feeding on the tree\u2019s sap. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"With its massive tires, all-wheel drive, and torque- vectoring rear differential, the Urus produced 1.04 g of grip on the skidpad and stopped from 70 mph in 150 feet, basically matching the stock version's results. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"On the street version, the front electric motors generate a torque- vectoring effect that manages traction while turning. \u2014 Eric Adams, Wired , 17 Feb. 2020",
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"The test vehicle, an all-wheel-drive Elite model, uses computerized torque vectoring to send up to 70% of the powertrain\u2019s torque between axles, and 100% between wheels for better traction while cornering. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 25 Jan. 2020",
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"The Sport Chrono package, which includes torque vectoring with a mechanical limited-slip differential, is also standard. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 15 Jan. 2020",
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"Both harnessed broader disruptive energies \u2014 away from entrenched party establishments and toward a more populist and nationally vectored politics. \u2014 Fred Bauer, National Review , 13 Dec. 2019",
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"In this case, take the attractive but dull-to-drive A7 fastback and give it a twin-turbo V8, uprated suspension, and a clever torque- vectoring rear diff, then build a few thousand each year. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 24 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"earlier, short for radius vector , borrowed from Latin, \"carrier, conveyer,\" from vec- , alternate stem of vehere \"to convey, carry\" + -tor , agent suffix \u2014 more at way entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050357"
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}
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} |