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position vector

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position vector [pə′zish·ən ‚vek·tər]
(mathematics)
The position vector of a point in euclidean space is a vector whose length is the distance from the origin to the point and whose direction is the direction from the origin to the point. Also known as radius vector.


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i)] related to the ith position vector (of both pigments and fillers) which are randomly generated from a uniform distribution function and accepted provided that each added particle is entirely confined within [V.
The displacement field generated by the movement of point P of the membrane's mid-surface can be described by a function u defined by (difference between the current position vector and the reference undeformed position vector) u = x - X (4) As a measure of the deformation of the membrane, we use the generalized Green-Lagrangian strain, whose components are [E.
 
 
 
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