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Property > Position

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Position  

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  • Property

Definition

  • In geometry, a position or position vector, also known as location vector or radius vector, is a Euclidean vector that represents the position of a point P in space in relation to an arbitrary reference origin O. Usually denoted x, r, or s, it corresponds to the straight line segment from O to P. In other words, it is the displacement or translation that maps the origin to P:[

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https://w3id.org/ozcar-theia/c_ebf59e9b

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