DIRECTION (GEOMETRY, GEOGRAPHY)


The shape of each panel of this road sign, and the broken lines at the ends, represents an arrow; a space-consuming central bar of the arrow sign is dispensed with.

'Direction' is the information contained in the relative position of one point with respect to another point without the distance information. Directions may be either relative to some indicated reference (the violins in a full orchestra are typically seated to the left of the conductor), or absolute according to some previously agreed upon frame of reference (New York City lies due west of Madrid). Direction is often indicated manually by an extended index finger or written as an arrow. On a vertically oriented sign representing a horizontal plane, such as a road sign, "forward" is usually indicated by an upward arrow. Mathematically, direction may be uniquely specified by a unit vector in a given basis, or equivalently by the angles made by the most direct path with respect to a specified set of axes.

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See also

See also



★ Cardinal direction

★ Compass

★ Navigation

★ For finding the direction to a radio source, see radio direction finder.

★ Relative direction

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