radii vectores

Variant of radius vector

radius vector definition

radius vector

  1. a straight line joining the origin of a vector, located at the intersection of two coordinates, to a given point lying in the same plane
  2. a vector whose point of origin is fixed and whose terminal point ranges over a given curve or surface, as a straight line connecting the sun with the earth at any point of the earth's orbit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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