Definition:Directed Line Segment

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Definition

A directed line segment is a line segment endowed with the additional property of direction.

It is often used in the context of applied mathematics to represent a vector quantity.



This article is complete as far as it goes, but it could do with expansion.
In particular: Perhaps the above statement should also be expanded to allow a D.L.S. to be defined as a vector quantity applied at a particular point. There is a danger (as pointed out on the Definition:Vector Quantity‎ page) of implying / believing that a vector, in general, is applied at a particular point, for example usually the origin. Thus, this page allows the opportunity to consider a definition of an object which consists of a vector "rooted" at a particular point, as a convenient fiction for what is actually happening in the context of physics.
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This article is incomplete.
In particular: needs a picture

It may be worthwhile to point out that this can be formalized with an ordered pair.

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Also known as

A directed line segment can also be seen referred to as an oriented line segment.

Some sources use the term directed segment.


Also see

  • Results about directed line segments can be found here.


Sources

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