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radius vector

The English word “radius vector” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Of a point, a vector going from the origin to that point; equivalently, the transpose of the point.
  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.
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