What is a vector, and how can we use it in electrical design? According to the “IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronic Terms,” a vector quantity is “any physical quantity whose ...

The representation of a digital image as points, lines and other geometric entities. All computer-aided design (CAD), drawing and diagramming programs create vector images (see graphics formats).

A scalable font made of point-to-point line segments. Like vector-based images, vector fonts are easily scaled but lack the hints and mathematically defined curves of outline fonts, such as Adobe Type ...