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{{Short description|Physical quantity that is a vector}}
In the [[natural sciences]], a '''vector quantity''' (also known as a '''vector physical quantity''', '''physical vector''', or simply '''vector''') is a [[vector (mathematics and physics)|vector]]-valued [[physical quantity]].<ref name="a306">{{cite web | title=Details for IEV number 102-03-21: "vector quantity" | website=International Electrotechnical Vocabulary | url=https://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=102-03-21 | language=ja | access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref><ref name="o531">{{cite web | title=Details for IEV number 102-03-04: "vector" | website=International Electrotechnical Vocabulary | url=https://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=102-03-04 | language=ja | access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref>
It is typically formulated as the product of a ''[[unit of measurement]]'' and a ''vector [[numerical value]]'' ([[unitless]]), often a [[Euclidean vector]] with [[vector norm|magnitude]] and [[direction (geometry)|direction]].
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