Vector
What Vector means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel, WJEC.
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A quantity with both magnitude and direction.
A quantity with both magnitude and direction, represented algebraically by components or geometrically by a directed line segment.
A quantity with both magnitude and direction, represented algebraically or by a directed line segment.
A quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
Topics that use Vector
- J: Vectors (AQA A-Level)
- Vectors (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Vectors (A2 Unit 4: Applied Mathematics B) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- Magnitude
- Parallel vectors
- Unit vector
- component
- component form
- Displacement vector
- magnitude/direction form
- Position vector
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