IEC 60050 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary


IEVref:	102-03-09	ID:
Language:	en	Status: backup

Term:	coordinate (of a vector)
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Definition:	any of the n scalars $U_{1}, U_{2}, ..., U_{n}$ in the representation of a vector U as a linear combination $U_{1} a_{1} + U_{2} a_{2} + ... + U_{n} a_{n}$ of the base vectors $a_{1}, a_{2}, ..., a_{n}$ NOTE 1 The term "coordinate" is also used for the components of a position vector (see 102-03-22). NOTE 2 In English, the term "component" is sometimes used in this sense.
Publication date:	2007-08
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