vectorizing

Verb

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

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