Dictionary

vectorize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɛktəɹaɪz/
• (UK) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Italic *weɣō Latin vehō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin vectorlbor. English vector Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vectorize From vector + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To convert an image into a vector graphics format.
   • The raster and vectorized images are displayed on a graphic monitor where the vector data is an active layer and the raster image is a background layer. 1997, Sergey Ablameyko, An Introduction to Interpretation of Graphic Images, SPIE Press, →ISBN, page 147:
2. (transitive) To convert a program that operates on scalar values into the equivalent program operating on vectors, usually as an optimization step inside the compiler (automatic vectorization).
   • The principles on which the Cyber 200 FORTRAN compiler tries to detect which parts of a program can be vectorized are similar to those used in the Cray CFT compiler. 1987, Ronald H. Perrott, Parallel Programming, Addison Wesley, →ISBN, page 157:
3. To lead selectively a drug to a target.
   • […] peculiarities of the CNT structure can be used to vectorize drugs and other chemicals. 2018, Shyam Mohapatra et al., editors, Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 475:

Forms

Coordinates

rasterize

Deriveds

vectorization · vectorizer · vectorizable

Translations (12)

pt rastrear (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · fr vectoriser (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · sv vektorisera (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · cy fectoru (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · fi vektoroida (to convert a program to operate on vectors) · gl vectorizar (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · cy fectoru (to convert a program to operate on vectors) · pt vetorizar (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · es vectorizar (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · it vettorizzare (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · de vektorisieren (to convert an image into a vector graphics format) · fi vektoroida (to convert an image into a vector graphics format)