Direction (geometry)
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direction-geometry-187-17998340
title:
Direction (geometry)
text:
In geometry, direction, also known as spatial direction or vector direction, is the common characteristic of all rays which coincide when translated to share a common endpoint; equivalently, it is the common characteristic of vectors which can be made equal by scaling. Two vectors sharing the same direction are said to be codirectional or equidirectional. Two codirectional vectors are not necessarily colinear. A direction is often represented as a unit vector, the result of dividing a vector by
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Property shared by codirectional lines
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direction_(geometry)
date created:
2006-04-16T08:41:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T04:32:26Z
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13
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