In geometry, a position or position vector, also known as location vector or radius vector, is a Euclidean vector that represents a point P in space. Its...
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properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. Geometry is, along with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics...
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Look up position in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Position often refers to: Position (geometry), the spatial location (rather than orientation) of...
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In geometry, a point is an abstract idealization of an exact position, without size, in physical space, or its generalization to other kinds of mathematical...
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appears commonly in nature and geometry. In human style, it is represented by the letter "X". The spreadeagle position is frequently seen in various fields...
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Coordinate system (redirect from Position coordinate)
In geometry, a coordinate system is a system that uses one or more numbers, or coordinates, to uniquely determine the position of the points or other...
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Piston motion equations (section Position (geometry))
piston's reciprocating motion are derived from the system's geometry equations as follows. Position with respect to crank angle (from the triangle relation...
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Absolute geometry Affine geometry Algebraic geometry Analytic geometry Birational geometry Complex geometry Computational geometry Conformal geometry Constructive...
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In mathematics, analytic geometry, also known as coordinate geometry or Cartesian geometry, is the study of geometry using a coordinate system. This contrasts...
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In geometry and mechanics, a displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P undergoing...
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Epipolar geometry is the geometry of stereo vision. When two cameras view a 3D scene from two distinct positions, there are a number of geometric relations...
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Computational geometry is a branch of computer science devoted to the study of algorithms which can be stated in terms of geometry. Some purely geometrical...
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In algebraic geometry and computational geometry, general position is a notion of genericity for a set of points, or other geometric objects. It means...
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Taxicab geometry or Manhattan geometry is geometry where the familiar Euclidean distance is ignored, and the distance between two points is instead defined...
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In theoretical physics, quantum geometry is the set of mathematical concepts generalizing the concepts of geometry whose understanding is necessary to...
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equatorial positions, and two more chlorine atoms above and below the plane (axial or apical positions). According to the VSEPR theory of molecular geometry, an...
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and any other geometrical parameters that determine the position of each atom. Molecular geometry influences several properties of a substance including...
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Sacred geometry ascribes symbolic and sacred meanings to certain geometric shapes and certain geometric proportions. It is associated with the belief of...
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Euclidean geometry is a mathematical system attributed to ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, which he described in his textbook on geometry, Elements...
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In mathematics, affine geometry is what remains of Euclidean geometry when ignoring (mathematicians often say "forgetting") the metric notions of distance...
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mathematics, hyperbolic geometry (also called Lobachevskian geometry or Bolyai–Lobachevskian geometry) is a non-Euclidean geometry. The parallel postulate...
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In mathematics, projective geometry is the study of geometric properties that are invariant with respect to projective transformations. This means that...
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Geometry (from the Ancient Greek: γεωμετρία; geo- "earth", -metron "measurement") arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry...
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In geometry, a centre (British English) or center (American English) (from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) 'pointy object') of an object is a point in...
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Symplectic geometry is a branch of differential geometry and differential topology that studies symplectic manifolds; that is, differentiable manifolds...
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Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds....
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In geometry, the orientation, attitude, bearing, direction, or angular position of an object – such as a line, plane or rigid body – is part of the description...
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In geometry, a transversal is a line that passes through two lines in the same plane at two distinct points. Transversals play a role in establishing whether...
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In geometry, inversive geometry is the study of inversion, a transformation of the Euclidean plane that maps circles or lines to other circles or lines...
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computational geometry, a set of points in the Euclidean plane or a higher-dimensional Euclidean space is said to be in convex position or convex independent...
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