Australian English Meaning of radius vector

Radius vector

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Definitions and Meaning of radius vector in English

Wordnet

radius vector (n)

a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating

a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system

Webster

radius vector ()

A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n.

Webster

radius vector (n.)

An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite.

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Radius vector

a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating, a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate syst

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