What is a vector, and how can we use it in electrical design? According to the “IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronic Terms,” a vector quantity is “any physical quantity whose ...

When you think of a vector, many people probably call up Vector's definition (from Despicable Me). He says: It's a mathematical term. A quantity represented by an arrow with both direction and ...

A physical quantity is something that can be measured. Scalar quantities only have size (or magnitude). Vector quantities have size and direction. Speed is a scalar quantity - direction is not ...

(In contrast a scalar quantity has magnitude only - eg, the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4...) The diagram above represents a vector. The arrow displays its direction, hence this ...