Katerakoli nekolinearna vektorja v ravnini imenujemo bazna vektorja in rečemo, da bazo ravnine določata dva nekolinearna (bazna) vektorja. Če sta $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}$ in $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}$ bazna vektorja, lahko poljuben vektor $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{c}$ izrazimo kot $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{c}=m\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}+n\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}$, pri čemer rečemo, da sta števili $m,n$ komponenti vektorja $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{c}$ v bazi $\{\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}\}$.
Dan je pravilni šestkotnik $ABCDEF$.
a) $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{AB},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{BC}$ b) $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{AB},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{CD}$
c) $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{AB},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{CF}$ č) $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{AB},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}=\overset{\Large\rightharpoonup}{AC}$