Physics GCSE
arrow representation
What arrow representation means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of arrow representation
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Reference: AQA
A way of showing a force on a diagram, where the length represents the size and the head shows the direction.
Topics that use arrow representation
- Contact and non-contact forces (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- acting on different objects
- attraction and repulsion
- contact forces
- electrostatic force
- equal and opposite
- friction
- gravitational force
- interaction pairs
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