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When defining many physical quantities, such as mass, length, area, volume, etc, we are concerned only with their magnitude. These quantities are known as scalar quantities. To define some other physical quantities such as force and velocity we need to know the direction in space in which they act; when we need to know both the magnitude and the direction to define a quantity, we are dealing with a vector quantity.
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Morris, N.M. (1994). Vectors and phasors. In: Mastering Mathematics for Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13193-8_10
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