POSITION, DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT
CONTENT
- Definition of Position
- The Cartesian Coordinate System
- Definition of Distance
- Definition of Displacement
- Estimation of Displacement between Two Points on the Cartesian Plane
- Displacement between Two Points on the Cartesian Plane
- Differences between Distance and Displacement
- Frame of Reference
Definition of Position
This is the location of a point/object with respect to a reference point. The position of a point in space is defined in terms of the distance of the point from the reference point (which is sometimes called ORIGIN). In physics, the position of an object in space is represented in a coordinate system. There are three main types of coordinate system for representing the position of an object in space:
- Cartesian coordinate system
- Spherical coordinate system
- Cylindrical coordinate system
Of all these, the Cartesian coordinate system is the most commonly used.
The Cartesian Coordinate System
This is also called the rectangular coordinate system.
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