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What is Position vector?

Definition 24.1 High School Physics · Chapter 24 — Kinematics in Two Dimensions

In a frame equipped with an origin OO and axes OxOx, OyOy, the position vector of a moving point MM at time tt is OM(t)\vect{OM}(t), of coordinates (x(t),y(t))\bigl(x(t),\, y(t)\bigr): two functions of time, one per axis. The curve traced by MM as tt runs is its trajectory.

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