BRAINCAKEVector Quantities.
A vector quantity is a quantity that has both magnitude(size) and direction.
Distance is a scalar quantity, but displacement is a vector quantity. Displacement is distance in a particular direction
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Key terms in this lesson
- scalar quantity
- A quantity that has magnitude only, with no direction.
- displacement
- The distance an object has moved in a straight line from its starting point, in a particular direction.
- velocity
- The rate of change of displacement of an object; speed in a given direction.
More in Quantities and Units
- SI Base Units.
- Prefixes.
- Derived Quantities and Units.
- Scalar Quantities.
- Adding Perpendicular Vectors.
- Resolving Vectors into two Components.
- Adding Non-Perpendicular Vectors
- Subtracting Vectors
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