"position vector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: position vectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} position vector (plural position vectors)
  1. (geometry) Of a point, a vector going from the origin to that point; equivalently, the transpose of the point. Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (position vector): stedvektor [common-gender] (Danish), paikkavektori (Finnish), Ortsvektor [masculine] (German), Positionsvektor [masculine] (German), ortsvektor [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-position_vector-en-noun-u24kc-c0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for position vector meaning in English (1.7kB)

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