From: Ron (for Teacher2Teacher Service)
Date: May 10, 2001 at 06:57:04
Subject: Re: Vector orientation

Hi:

Orientation can be thought of as direction - west, 30 degrees.
A vector is defined as a quantity represented by a line segment having both 
magnitude and direction. An example would be, a car's velocity is 35 mph 
north. While it's speed is just 35 mph.

Visit the following web sites for more information.

Vectors: Velocities, Accelerations, and Forces 
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/velocity.html

vector
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ve/vector.html

Hope this answers your question.

 -Ron, for the T2T service

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