Definition of radius vector Radius vector

ra•di•us vec•tor

We found 6 definitions of radius vector from 3 different sources.

What does radius vector mean?

Noun
radius vector - a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system
radius vector - a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating

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radius vector (Noun)
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 coordinates.
radius vector (Noun)
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.

radius vector
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 coordinates. See Coordinate, n.
radius vector (n.)
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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