1. Aug 30, 2013 #1

   manimaran1605

   

   Is Motion a scalar or vector or neither?

    

   manimaran1605, Aug 30, 2013
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3. Aug 30, 2013 #2

   Vanadium 50

   

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   Motion is not something even quantifiable. You can say a system has a higher velocity, or more momentum or more kinetic energy, but not more motion.

    

   Vanadium 50, Aug 30, 2013
4. Aug 30, 2013 #3

   manimaran1605

   

   excuse me, what do you mean by quantifiable?

    

   manimaran1605, Aug 30, 2013
5. Aug 30, 2013 #4

   voko

   

   One definition of motion I have seen is a time-dependent map from phase space to phase space. Which is quite a bit more complex than scalar vs vector.

    

   voko, Aug 30, 2013
6. Aug 30, 2013 #5

   SteamKing

   

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   'quantifiable' = capable of having a number, or quantity, assigned to it.

    

   SteamKing, Aug 30, 2013

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