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My question is less about the actual physics, and more about the convention - it seems to me that writing W=Fd is inaccurate, as d represents distance, not displacement (s).

I have been taught that work = force x distance moved in direction of force, or W=Fd However, should this not be W=Fs, as what is really meant is displacement (s), not distance (d)? Thank you - I sense that this is something the real Dr Moriarty would have known...