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=\mathbf {p} _{2}-\mathbf {p} _{1}.} Momentum is a vector quantity, so impulse is also a vector quantity: ∑ F × Δ t = Δ p . {\displaystyle \sum \mathbf {F}Foot per second (115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(plural feet per second) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity, which includes direction). It expresses the distance in feet (ft)Metre per second (780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
second is the unit of both speed (a scalar quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System ofField strength (215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetic field strength. Field strength is a common term referring to a vector quantity. However, the word 'strength' may lead to confusion as it might beHeat flux (836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
metre (W/m2). It has both a direction and a magnitude, and so it is a vector quantity. To define the heat flux at a certain point in space, one takes theStatics (1,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle {\textbf {F}}=m{\textbf {a}}\,} (the bold font indicates a vector quantity, i.e. one with both magnitude and direction). If a = 0 {\displaystyleMetre per second squared (450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
time interval, i.e. metre per second per second and is treated as a vector quantity. When an object experiences a constant acceleration of one metre perVelocity (3,426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mechanics that describes the motion of physical objects. Velocity is a vector quantity, meaning that both magnitude and direction are needed to define itWeight (3,990 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to the exact definition. Some standard textbooks define weight as a vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weightDipole (3,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
electric or magnetic, can be characterized by their dipole moment, a vector quantity. For the simple electric dipole, the electric dipole moment pointsTransition dipole moment (1,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the two states. In general the transition dipole moment is a complex vector quantity that includes the phase factors associated with the two states. ItsElectric potential (2,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
be used. In classical electrostatics, the electrostatic field is a vector quantity expressed as the gradient of the electrostatic potential, which isBolt thrust (677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fired. The applied force has both magnitude and direction, making it a vector quantity. Bolt thrust is an important factor in weapons design. The greaterB₀ (179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
important such as spectroscopy. By convention, B0 is interpreted as a vector quantity pointing the z-direction, with subsequent x and y cartesian axes orientedFlux (3,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has many applications in physics. For transport phenomena, flux is a vector quantity, describing the magnitude and direction of the flow of a substanceSmoothing spline (2,314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
possibilities, including for the case where x {\displaystyle x} is a vector quantity. Let { x i , Y i : i = 1 , … , n } {\displaystyle \{x_{i},Y_{i}:i=1Accelerometer (4,684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
both the magnitude and the direction of the proper acceleration, as a vector quantity, and is usually implemented as several single-axis accelerometers orientedPolarization density (3,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
material sample is defined as the quotient of electric dipole moment (a vector quantity, expressed as coulombs*meters (C*m) in SI units) to volume (metersCurvature (6,608 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of a straight line is zero. In contrast to the tangent, which is a vector quantity, the curvature at a point is typically a scalar quantity, that is,Conservation law (2,500 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
\nabla \mathbf {y} =\mathbf {0} } where y is called the conserved (vector) quantity, ∇y is its gradient, 0 is the zero vector, and A(y) is called the JacobianAngular momentum of light (3,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The angular momentum of light is a vector quantity that expresses the amount of dynamical rotation present in the electromagnetic field of the light.Force (11,682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnitude and direction of a force are both important, force is a vector quantity (force vector). The SI unit of force is the newton (N), and force isNet force (2,482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
force" can have distinct meanings. In physics, a force is considered a vector quantity. This means that it not only has a size (or magnitude) but also a directionScalar (physics) (1,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
given point is a single number. Velocity, on the other hand, is a vector quantity. Other examples of scalar quantities are mass, charge, volume, timeTension (physics) (1,136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
force is present in the system. Tension in a string is a non-negative vector quantity. Zero tension is slack. A string or rope is often idealized as oneIsospin (3,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
weak isospin. In the modern formulation, isospin (I) is defined as a vector quantity in which up and down quarks have a value of I = 1/2, with the 3rd-componentRigid body (3,341 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to a frame of reference. The linear velocity of a rigid body is a vector quantity, equal to the time rate of change of its linear position. Thus, itAdvection (1,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
any vector u {\textstyle \mathbf {u} } ) along a streamline. If a vector quantity a {\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } (such as a magnetic field) is beingSpecific angular momentum (1,312 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Vector quantity in celestial mechanicsAcutance (696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gradient, the gradient of the density (or intensity) at that point, a vector quantity: A = ∇ D {\displaystyle A=\nabla D} Several edge detection algorithmsGlossary of physics (12,876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
function. Angular frequency (or angular speed) is the magnitude of the vector quantity that is angular velocity. The term angular frequency vector ω → {\displaystyleGravity loss (776 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
constant, due to consumption of propellant and staging. Thrust is a vector quantity, and the direction of the thrust has a large impact on the size ofPhotoinduced charge separation (490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
orbiting electron to lose orbital energy and spiral inward since the vector quantity of acceleration of the particle multiplied by its mass (the value ofNabla symbol (1,430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of his Lectures and pointed out its effects on both a scalar and a vector quantity. ... Neither in the Lectures nor in the Elements, however, is the theoryPhysics of firearms (1,297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the magnitudes of their momenta must be equal, and as momentum is a vector quantity and their directions are opposite: m g v g + m b v b = 0 {\displaystyleDistance (2,230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
While distance is a scalar quantity, or a magnitude, displacement is a vector quantity with both magnitude and direction. In general, the vector measuringLinear motion (1,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rate of change of displacement over change in time. Velocity is a vector quantity, representing a direction and a magnitude of movement. The magnitudeS wave (1,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\boldsymbol {u}}\right)} This formula is the wave equation applied to the vector quantity ∇ × u {\displaystyle \nabla \times {\boldsymbol {u}}} , which is theMass flux (1,440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Vector quantity describing mass flow rate through a given areaMolecular diffusion (2,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
movement of mass from one location, phase, etc. to another Mass flux – Vector quantity describing mass flow rate through a given area Osmosis – Movement ofPhysical geodesy (1,400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Earth) and the centrifugal force (from the Earth's rotation). It is a vector quantity, whose direction coincides with a plumb bob and strength or magnitudeBaryon (3,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{b} }-n_{\mathrm {\bar {b}} })\right].} Spin (quantum number S) is a vector quantity that represents the "intrinsic" angular momentum of a particle. ItRotation around a fixed axis (3,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and velocity of rotation. Like linear momentum, angular momentum is vector quantity, and its conservation implies that the direction of the spin axis tendsPyroelectricity (3,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
does not equal zero the cell will have an electric dipole moment (a vector quantity). The dipole moment per unit volume is defined as the dielectric polarizationFour-tensor (1,365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(as measured by an observer in a lab frame) combines with another vector quantity N = mx − pt (without a standard name) in the relativistic angular momentumRelativistic angular momentum (10,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
x ∧ p. What does this combine with, if anything? There is another vector quantity not often discussed – it is the time-varying moment of mass polar-vectorMean-field theory (2,966 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
appearing in the single-site problem is a time-independent scalar or vector quantity. However, this isn't always the case: in a variant of mean field theoryDielectric (4,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
superposition principle. A dipole is characterised by its dipole moment, a vector quantity shown in the figure as the blue arrow labeled M. It is the relationshipPressure (5,759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
value at that point. Therefore, pressure is a scalar quantity, not a vector quantity. It has magnitude but no direction sense associated with it. PressureLaplace operator (4,697 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
quantity, the vector Laplacian applies to a vector field, returning a vector quantity. When computed in orthonormal Cartesian coordinates, the returned vectorNewton's law of universal gravitation (3,816 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the same as the scalar form given earlier, except that F is now a vector quantity, and the right hand side is multiplied by the appropriate unit vectorTilde (8,228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
context. A tilde placed below a letter in mathematics can represent a vector quantity (e.g. ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , … , x n ) = x ∼ {\displaystyle (x_{1},x_{2}Dimensional analysis (11,979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Vector quantities may be added to each other, yielding a new vector quantity, and a vector quantity may be added to a suitable affine quantity (a vector spaceClassical mechanics (5,855 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of motion. Newtonian mechanics in this sense emphasizes force as a vector quantity. In contrast, analytical mechanics uses scalar properties of motionCircular motion (4,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
body's speed is constant, its velocity is not constant: velocity, a vector quantity, depends on both the body's speed and its direction of travel. ThisVorticity equation (1,693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vorticity due to the flow velocity gradients. Note that (ω ∙ ∇) u is a vector quantity, as ω ∙ ∇ is a scalar differential operator, while ∇u is a nine-elementStress (mechanics) (5,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
perpendicular to S; hence the stress across a surface must be regarded a vector quantity, not a scalar. Moreover, the direction and magnitude generally dependG-force (5,386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
it is a measure of acceleration, not force. While acceleration is a vector quantity, g-force accelerations ("g-forces" for short) are often expressed asBivector (9,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
\right|^{2}\sin ^{2}\theta } With a negative square, it cannot be a scalar or vector quantity, so it is a new sort of object, a bivector. It has magnitude |a| |b|Glossary of mechanical engineering (10,427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accelerate. A force has both magnitude and direction, making it a vector quantity. Force density – Forging – Four-bar linkage – Four-stroke cycle – FourGlossary of aerospace engineering (24,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. If m is an object's mass and v is its velocity (also a vector quantity), then theMass in special relativity (6,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The total momentum p → {\displaystyle {\vec {p}}} of the system, a vector quantity, can also be computed by adding together the momenta of all its componentsMeson (5,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
composed of pairs of quarks and antiquarks. Spin (quantum number S) is a vector quantity that represents the "intrinsic" angular momentum of a particle. ItKinematics (9,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particle's position as a function of time. The velocity of a particle is a vector quantity that describes the direction as well as the magnitude of motion ofFracton (subdimensional particle) (6,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
U(1) vector charge theory. In this theory, the fractonic charge is a vector quantity ρ → {\displaystyle {\vec {\rho }}} . The symmetric tensor gauge fieldNewton's laws of motion (15,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
so forth. Like displacement, velocity, and acceleration, force is a vector quantity. Translated from Latin, Newton's first law reads, Every object perseveresAngular momentum (13,490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
proportionality a second-rank tensor rather than a scalar. Angular momentum is a vector quantity (more precisely, a pseudovector) that represents the product of a body'sSpacetime (19,643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Linear momentum, the product of a particle's mass and velocity, is a vector quantity, possessing the same direction as the velocity: p = mv. It is a conservedMagnetic flux leakage (2,127 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the leakage field. Given the fact that magnetic flux leakage is a vector quantity and that a hall sensor can only measure in one direction, three sensorsClassical Hamiltonian quaternions (5,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
called an imaginary or symbolical roots and not a geometrically real vector quantity. Geometrically Imaginary quantities are additional roots of the aboveLorentz transformation (14,980 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transformation of angular momentum. It turns out L transforms with another vector quantity N = (E/c2)r − tp related to boosts, see Relativistic angular momentumSpecial relativity (24,654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
extended by adding the appropriate timelike quantity to a spacelike vector quantity, and we have 4d vectors, or "four-vectors", in Minkowski spacetimeNucleon magnetic moment (5,967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and μn = −9.6623653(23)×10−27 J⋅T−1. A magnetic moment is a vector quantity, and the direction of the nucleon's magnetic moment is determined byUnderwater acoustics (7,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
I_{r}} is not the true acoustic intensity at the receiver, which is a vector quantity, but a scalar equal to the equivalent plane wave intensity (EPWI) ofGlossary of firearms terms (10,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fired. The applied force has both magnitude and direction, making it a vector quantity. bore rope A tool used to clean the barrel of a gun. boresight CrudeTensor operator (9,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
}{\widehat {V}}_{i}U(R)=\sum _{j}R_{ij}{\widehat {V}}_{j}} Any observable vector quantity of a quantum mechanical system should be invariant of the choice ofExternal ballistics (13,510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
flight regime. With velocity actual speed is meant, as velocity is a vector quantity and speed is the magnitude of the velocity vector. Because the powerSpacecraft flight dynamics (6,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
inertial system of mechanical or optical gyroscopes. Orientation is a vector quantity described by three angles for the instantaneous direction, and the