位移 (wèi yí) — displacement
Definition
In physics, 位移 is the vector quantity for an object's change in position from start to end — the straight-line distance with direction, not the path traveled (路径/路程).
noun
displacement
Examples
- 位移。wèi yí Shì wù tǐ wèi zhì de biàn huà.Displacement is the change of an object's position.
- 位移。Zhè ge shí yàn zhōng cè liáng de wèi yí fēi cháng zhǔn què.The displacement measured in this experiment is very accurate.
- 位移。Gōng chéng shī jì suàn le qiáo liáng de wèi yí.The engineer calculated the displacement of the bridge.
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