Encyclopedia > Talk:Displacement

Article Content

Talk:Displacement

Could someone explain in what sense the meter is the SI standard unit for displacement vectors? The meter is obviously the SI standard for measuring the distance component of the vector, but isn't the radian or something the SI standard for measuring the direction component?

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

... to the Diet of Worms in 1521, promising him safe conduct if he would appear. He outlawed Luther and his followers in that same year but was tied up with other concerns and ...