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Definition of Radius vector

1. Noun. A line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating.

2. Noun. A line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system.

Definition of Radius vector

1. 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.

Definition of Radius vector

1. Noun. (mathematics) 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. ¹

2. Noun. (astronomy) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Radius vector

1. 1. 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. 2. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radius Vector

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