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direction

information contained in the relative position of one point of space with respect to another, disregarding distance and initial point
Class type of: free vector, unit vector Q3055344

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
geometric concept, orientation[2]
Subclass of
free vector, unit vector[3][4]
Part of
orientation[5]
Facet of
relative direction, orientation[6][7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en vector direction en spatial direction en direction en direction vector en geometric direction ar متجهة موجهة ar متجه اتجاه de Richtungsvektor es vector director fr vecteur directeur hu vektor iránya hu geometriai irány hu irány hu irányvektor hu térbeli irány hu vektorirány it direzione e verso it vettore direttore ja 方向 ja 方向ベクトル
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/02p74cn
MathWorld ID
Direction
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
137318105

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 2
Euclidean vector, relative direction
Facet of 2
relative direction, orientation
Instance of 1
orientation
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Part of 1
Euclidean vector
Subclass of 1
unit vector
← Different from 1
orientation
← Facet of 1
parallelism
← Has use 1
unit vector
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Summary

direction is a geometric concept[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22w ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → —
    "Changed claim: Has part(s): direction"
  2. 22w ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Has part(s) → —
    Instance of → geometric concept, orientation
    Part of → orientation
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Has part(s): orientation"
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