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Meanings of vector quantity in English

Russian
векторная физическая величина
Portuguese
quantidade vetorial
Catalan
vector
Spanish
propiedad vectorial

Physical quantity that is a vector.

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векторная физическая величина
Usage of vector quantity in English
1
Wind speed is an example of a vector quantity - multiple pieces of information.
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2
Also with this definition, the average speed is a scalar quantity and not a vector quantity.
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3
They represent the vector quantity of angular velocity.
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4
Allowing for the direction as well as the magnitude of movement, we get velocity, a vector quantity.
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5
In particular he sets a vector quantity (the velocity) equal to the scalar value of zero.
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6
The little arrows over them indicated that these are vector quantities.
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7
Those arrows are there to indicate that the acceleration and the velocity are vector quantities.
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8
Both the acceleration and velocity are vector quantities.
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9
As an equation, it looks like this: Yes, both the net force and the acceleration are vector quantities.
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