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Physics: Vocab 2
Vocabulary for Physics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scalar | A quantity that has magnitude but no direction |
| Vector | A quantity that has both magnitude and direction |
| Resultant | the sum of two or more vectors |
| Components of a Vector | the horizontal and vertical projections of a vector along the axes of a coordinate system |
| Pythagorean theorem | in a right triangle. the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two side. |