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Displacement versus Distance

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Distance is a scalar quantity that expresses only the length of an arbitrary path (a curve in general, here in yellow). Displacement is the vector that specifies the position of a point or a particle in reference to a previous position, all with respect to an origin. The blue vector goes from the previous point to the current position.
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