Path

Path – length of the trajectory of a particle in physics. This physical quantity is scalar, because it has no definite direction and is characterized only by the value of the distance traveled.

Types of path:
• visible – a way that we can see with the naked eye;
• forced – the way we have passed with some effort;
• daily – the path, which runs during the day;
• optical– the distance that light (optical radiation) would spread in a vacuum in the time of his passing;
• distance – the length of the line along which the body moves.

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