Displacement vector
What Displacement vector means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel, WJEC.
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The vector from A to B, found by subtracting position vectors in the correct order, b - a, componentwise.
The relative vector from point A to point B, calculated by vector subtraction AB = OB − OA.
A vector describing the directed change in position from one point to another.
Topics that use Displacement vector
- Vectors (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Vectors (A2 Unit 4: Applied Mathematics B) (WJEC A-Level)
- Vectors (AS Unit 1: Pure Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- Parallel vectors
- Magnitude
- Position vector
- scalar multiplication
- Unit vector
- Vector
- 3D Cartesian vectors and components
- 3D kinematics and calculus
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