--- title: Vector slug: nccf9008 canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/nccf9008/ collection: glossary source_format: adoc --- # Vector A {doctitle} is the numerical representation of text that results from an [embedding](https://docs.coveo.com/en/ncc87383/) process. Vectors are used in [natural language processing (NLP)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/ncc80129/) to capture semantic relationships and similarities.