nnoun.personsomeone who transmits a messageSynset:sender
Derivationally Related Form:sendtransmit
Hypernyms:communicator
Inherited Hypernyms:sendercommunicatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sendercommunicatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:spammer
nnoun.objectany agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a diseaseTopic:animalanimate beingbeastbrutecreaturefaunamicro-organismmicroorganism
Synset:vector
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:transmit
Hypernyms:agent
Inherited Hypernyms:vectoragentcausal agentphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:carriergene delivery vectorimmune carriertransducing vector
Full Hyponyms:carrierliposomal delivery vectortransducing vectorviral delivery vector
nnoun.artifactset used to broadcast radio or tv signalsSynset:sender
Derivationally Related Form:sendtransmit
Hypernyms:set
Inherited Hypernyms:transmittersetelectronic equipmentequipmentinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:jammerradio transmittersatellite transmittertelevision transmitter
Part Meronyms:aerial antenna transmitting aerial
Full Hyponyms:jammerradio transmittersatellite transmitterspark transmittertelevision transmitter