vectorize

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Etymology

vector +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛktəɹaɪz/
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vectorize (third-person singular simple present vectorizes, present participle vectorizing, simple past and past participle vectorized)

  1. (computer graphics, transitive) To convert an image into a vector graphics format.
    Coordinate term: rasterize
    • 1997, Sergey Ablameyko, An Introduction to Interpretation of Graphic Images, SPIE Press, →ISBN, page 147:
      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.
  2. (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).
    • 1987, Ronald H. Perrott, Parallel Programming, Addison Wesley, →ISBN, page 157:
      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.
  3. (pharmacology) To lead selectively a drug to a target.
    • 2018, Shyam Mohapatra et al., editors, Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 475:
      […] peculiarities of the CNT structure can be used to vectorize drugs and other chemicals.

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