"vectorize" meaning in English

See vectorize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɛktəɹaɪz/ Audio: en-uk-vectorize.ogg Forms: vectorizes [present, singular, third-person], vectorizing [participle, present], vectorized [participle, past], vectorized [past]
Etymology: From vector + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vector|ize}} vector + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computer graphics Translations (to convert an image into a vector graphics format): vektoroida (Finnish), vectoriser (French), vectorizar (Galician), vektorisieren (German), vettorizzare (Italian), rastrear [Brazil] (Portuguese), vetorizar (Portuguese), vectorizar (Spanish), vektorisera (Swedish), fectoru (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-vectorize-en-verb-ACg7A6k4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 29 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 44 28 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 19 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 22 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 22 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 23 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 55 21 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 28 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 22 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 25 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 49 23 27 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to convert an image into a vector graphics format': 82 15 3
  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). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to convert a program to operate on vectors): vektoroida (Finnish), fectoru (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-vectorize-en-verb-W98CXuCY Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to convert a program to operate on vectors': 33 66 2
  3. (pharmacology) To lead selectively a drug to a target. Categories (topical): Pharmacology
    Sense id: en-vectorize-en-verb-qte34NWk Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vectorise Derived forms: vectorization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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