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wiki Word:displacement |
Definition: The straight line distance(and direction) the object has traveled from its starting point.
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Displacement is a vector. Direction DOES matter, and the path DOESN'T matter. In the Daytona 500, the cars experience zero displacement (they start where they end).
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We studied displacement in our air rocket car lab. When we measured how far our rocket cars went. we measured their displacement,not their distance.
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Mills, Adam. "EINSTEIN'S CONTRIBUTION." Brownian Motion. 2005. University of Windsor. 27 Mar 2008 <http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/physics/high_schools/2005/Brownian_motion/contributions2.html>. |
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