Is Motion a scalar or vector or neither?
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Aug 30, 2013 #2 Vanadium 50 Staff Emeritus Science Advisor Education Advisor 26,366 9,850 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.
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.
Aug 30, 2013 #4 voko 6,054 391 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.
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.
Aug 30, 2013 #5 SteamKing Staff Emeritus Science Advisor Homework Helper 12,796 1,668 'quantifiable' = capable of having a number, or quantity, assigned to it.