Coordinate Systems Vocab

set point, zero

• position

• distance

• origin

• displacement

distance and direction from the origin

• position

• distance

• direction

• origin

entire length of an object's path even if the object moves in many directions

• origin

• position

• distance

• direction

another word for size

• magnitude

• direction

• displacement

• scalar

a quantity that is just a number without any direction

• magnitude

• direction

• scalar

• vector

a quantity that has both magnitude and direction

• origin

• vector

• scalar

• displacement

change in position

• displacement

• resultant

• origin

• time interval

difference between two times

• magnitude

• direction

• time interval

• displacement

a vector that represents the sum of two other vectors

• vector

• scalar

• resultant

• displacement

distance and direction from the origin