Vectorize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɛktəɹaɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Vectorize is a verb meaning (computer graphics, transitive) To convert an image into a vector graphics format.
Meaning
(computer graphics, transitive) To convert an image into a vector graphics format.
More Meanings
- (pharmacology) To lead selectively a drug to a target.
- (computing, 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).
Example Sentences
[…] peculiarities of the CNT structure can be used to vectorize drugs and other chemicals.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- vectorizes
- vectorizing
- vectorized
- vectorise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vectorise, rasterize, voxelize, digitalize, digitize, geometrize.
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