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Vector Graphics

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Vectors; vector artwork

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Computer graphics comprised of mathematically derived lines, polygons, and curves.

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The term “vector graphics” refers to a method of generating electronic images using mathematical formulae to calculate the start, end, and path of a line. Images of varying complexity can be produced by combining lines into curved and polygonal shapes, resulting in infinitely scalable objects with no loss of definition (Fig. 1).

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Original image (left); magnified raster image (top right) versus magnified vector image (bottom right) (Image courtesy of the Learning Games Initiative)

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  1. Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    David W. Rick & Ken S. McAllister

  2. School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Judd Ethan Ruggill

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  1. Newton Lee Laboratories, LLC, Tujunga, California, USA

    Newton Lee

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Rick, D.W., McAllister, K.S., Ruggill, J.E. (2015). Vector Graphics. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_54-1

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