"In geometry and mechanics, a displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P undergoing motion."
A change in position of an object.
Position: The location of an object in space, usually measured in meters or kilometers.
Distance: The length of the path an object travels during motion, also measured in meters or kilometers.
Displacement: The difference between an object's final and initial position, measured in meters or kilometers.
Speed: The rate at which an object is moving, expressed in meters per second or kilometers per hour.
Velocity: The speed of an object along with its direction of motion, expressed in meters per second or kilometers per hour.
Acceleration: The rate of change in an object's velocity, expressed in meters per second squared or kilometers per hour squared.
Time: The duration of an object's motion, measured in seconds, minutes or hours.
Motion Graphs: Visual representations of an object's motion, including distance-time graphs, velocity-time graphs and acceleration-time graphs.
Kinematic Equations: Formulas that describe the relationship between displacement, velocity, acceleration and time.
Projectile Motion: The motion of an object launched into the air at an angle, characterized by both horizontal and vertical components.
Uniform Circular Motion: The motion of an object moving in a circle at a constant speed, characterized by centripetal acceleration.
Relative Motion: The motion of an object with respect to another object or frame of reference.
Frame of Reference: The point or system from which motion is observed and measured.
Inertia: The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion, characterized by Newton's First Law of Motion.
Force: A push or pull on an object that may cause a change in motion, characterized by Newton's Second Law of Motion.
Linear Displacement: It is the change in position in a straight line from the initial point to the final point.
Angular Displacement: It is the change in angular position or the angle swept by an object in the given time.
Rectilinear Displacement: It is the displacement of an object in a straight line with constant velocity.
Circular Displacement: It is the displacement of an object moving in a circular path.
Translational Displacement: It is the displacement of an object from one point in space to another in a given time.
Transverse Displacement: It is the displacement perpendicular to the direction of motion of a wave.
Longitudinal Displacement: It is the displacement parallel to the direction of motion of a wave.
Displacement due to Acceleration: It is the displacement of an object with an acceleration.
Total Displacement: It is the displacement of an object from the initial point to the final point.
Relative Displacement: It is the displacement of one object relative to another object.
"It quantifies both the distance and direction of the net or total motion along a straight line from the initial position to the final position of the point trajectory."
"A displacement may be identified with the translation that maps the initial position to the final position."
"A displacement may be also described as a relative position (resulting from the motion), that is, as the final position xf of a point relative to its initial position xi."
"The corresponding displacement vector can be defined as the difference between the final and initial positions."
"The instantaneous speed, then, is distinct from velocity, or the time rate of change of the distance travelled along a specific path."
"The velocity may be equivalently defined as the time rate of change of the position vector."
"If one considers a moving initial position, or equivalently a moving origin, the velocity of P may be referred to as a relative velocity, as opposed to an absolute velocity."
"For motion over a given interval of time, the displacement divided by the length of the time interval defines the average velocity."
"The average velocity...is a vector, and differs thus from the average speed, which is a scalar quantity."
"[Displacement is] the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P undergoing motion."
"[Displacement quantifies] both the distance and direction of the net or total motion along a straight line."
"[The displacement vector] can be defined as the difference between the final and initial positions."
"The instantaneous speed...is distinct from velocity, or the time rate of change of the distance travelled along a specific path."
"The velocity may be equivalently defined as the time rate of change of the position vector."
"The displacement divided by the length of the time interval defines the average velocity."
"The velocity of P may be referred to as a relative velocity, as opposed to an absolute velocity."
"The displacement divided by the length of the time interval defines the average velocity."
"The average speed is a scalar quantity."
"A displacement vector...maps the initial position to the final position."