The position of an object
is its location. It is usually denoted as
. When working in more than one dimension, position may be considered as a vector
quantity; it can then be denoted as
.
Position is frequently considered as a function
of time. In the one-dimensional case, the notations
and (more rarely)
are used. On the other hand, when working in more than one dimension, the notation
is used.
The SI unit of position is
(meters).
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