What is "moravec"

Moravec may refer to:

• Moravec (Žďár nad Sázavou District), a village in the Žďár nad Sázavou District of the Czech Republic
• Moravec (robot), a class of robots in the novel Ilium
• Moravec (surname), people with the surname Moravec
• Moravec corner detection algorithm
• Moravec's paradox

Moravec (feminine Moravcová) is a relatively common Czech surname. "Morava" ( Moravia) is the root of the surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

• David Moravec (born 1973), a Czech professional ice hockey player
• Emanuel Moravec (1893–1945), a Czech-Czechoslovak army officer, and Nazi collaborator
• František Moravec (1895–1966), a Czech-Czechoslovak military intelligence officer
• Fritz Moravec (1922–1997), an Austrian mountaineer
• Hans Moravec (born 1948), an Austrian-American scientist
• Ivan Moravec (1930–2015), a Czech pianist
• Jan Moravec (born 1987), Czech footballer
• Jiří Moravec (born 1980), a Czech ice hockey player
• Josef Moravec, a Czech-US paleoartist and painter
• Martina Moravcová (born 1976), Slovak swimmer
• Miroslav Moravec (1939–2009), a Czech actor and voice actor
• Ondřej Moravec, Czech biathlete
• Paul Moravec (born 1957), an American composer
• Stanislav Moravec (born 1964), a Slovak football player
• Vlastimil Moravec, Czech cyclist
• Zdeněk Moravec, a Czech astronomer

Moraveč is a village and municipality ( obec) in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 208 (as at 3 July 2006).

Moraveč lies approximately west of Pelhřimov, west of Jihlava, and south-east of Prague.