vectorize

Alternative forms

vectorise

Etymology

From vector +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛktəɹaɪz/
Audio (UK): (file)

Verb

vectorize (third-person singular simple present vectorizes, present participle vectorizing, simple past and past participle vectorized)

(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.
(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.
(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.

Derived terms

vectorization

Translations

to convert an image into a vector graphics format

Finnish: vektoroida
French: vectoriser (fr)
Galician: vectorizar
German: vektorisieren
Italian: vettorizzare
Portuguese: (Brazil) rastrear (pt), vetorizar
Spanish: vectorizar
Swedish: vektorisera
Welsh: fectoru

to convert a program to operate on vectors

Finnish: vektoroida
Welsh: fectoru