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Radius vector
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What's The Definition Of Radius vector?
[n] a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system
[n] a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating Synonyms | Synonyms for Radius vector: Related Terms | Find terms related to Radius vector: See Also | vector Radius vector In Webster's Dictionary \Ra"di*us vec"tor\
1. (Math.) A straight line (or the length of such line)
connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point,
or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which
it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a
system of polar co["o]rdinates. See {Co["o]rdinate}, n.
2. (Astron.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an
attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit
around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or
comet, or a planet and its satellite.
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