length of a vector
21vector — I. noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, carrier, from vehere to carry more at way Date: 1846 1. a. a quantity that has magnitude and direction and that is commonly represented by a directed line segment whose length represents the magnitude and …
22vector length — vektoriaus ilgis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. vector length vok. Vektorlänge, f rus. длина вектора, f pranc. longueur du vecteur, f …
23vector product — noun Date: 1878 a vector c whose length is the product of the lengths of two vectors a and b and the sine of their included angle, whose direction is perpendicular to their plane, and whose direction is that in which a right handed screw rotated… …
24vector — /ˈvɛktə / (say vektuh) noun 1. Mathematics a quantity which possesses both magnitude and direction. Two such quantities acting on a point may be represented by the two sides of a parallelogram, so that their resultant is represented in magnitude… …
25Euclidean vector — This article is about the vectors mainly used in physics and engineering to represent directed quantities. For mathematical vectors in general, see Vector (mathematics and physics). For other uses, see vector. Illustration of a vector …
26Normed vector space — In mathematics, with 2 or 3 dimensional vectors with real valued entries, the idea of the length of a vector is intuitive and can easily be extended to any real vector space Rn. The following properties of vector length are crucial. 1. The zero… …
27Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector — Throughout this article, vectors and their magnitudes are indicated by boldface and italic type, respectively; for example, left| mathbf{A} ight| = A. In classical mechanics, the Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector (or simply the LRL vector) is a vector… …
28Unit vector — In mathematics, a unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector (often a spatial vector) whose length is 1 (the unit length). A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a hat , like this: (pronounced i hat ). In Euclidean space …
29The vector of a quaternion — In the 19th century, the vector of a quaternion written Vq was a well defined mathematical entity in the classical quaternion notation system. This article is written using classical nomenclature. In this article the word vector means the… …
30Foucault Pendulum vector diagrams — Several vector diagrams are often used to demonstrate the physics underlying the Foucault pendulum.Diagrams are provided to illustrate a pendulum located at the North Pole, equator, and 45 degrees N to show how the rotation of Earth in relation… …
