Accents\overrightarrow

\overrightarrowCommand

Used to place a right-pointing arrow over an expression, commonly for vectors, directed segments, or transformations.

\overrightarrow{AB}
Topic
Accents
Available in
base
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math
Frequency
0.10% of corpus formulasrank 107 of 263
Commonality
medium
Tags
decoration
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\overrightarrowm{a}math content

Argspec m — one mandatory argument. Reading argspecs

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

Equivalent forms#

  • \vec{#1}approximate

    \vec typically produces a shorter arrow over a single character, whereas \overrightarrow spans the entire expression

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\overrightarrow{a}Positive · baselinePassPassPass
\overrightarrow aPositive · bare[0]PassPassPass
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