Vertical Position

A Vertical Position is a position that is along a vertical direction.

• AKA: Vertical Location.
• Example(s):
  • In Cartesian coordinates $(x,y,z)$ is $z$ is the coordinate for the vertical position.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Displacement Vector,
  • Vertical Distance.
• See: Acceleration, Motion, Physical Coordinates, Location.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_position Retrieved:2021-1-24.
  • Vertical position or vertical location is a position along a vertical direction above or below a given vertical datum.

    Vertical distance or vertical separation is the distance between two vertical positions.

    Many vertical coordinates exist for expressing vertical position: depth, height, altitude, elevation, etc.

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