Glossary
Displacement
Displacement is the position of a moving particle relative to a fixed point, measured along a straight line, and it can be positive, negative, or zero. As a vector quantity it has direction, so it differs from distance.
It is often written as a function of time, .
Meaning
Displacement is the position of a moving particle relative to a fixed point, measured along a straight line, and it can be positive, negative, or zero. As a vector quantity it has direction, so it differs from distance.
It is often written as a function of time, .
Where it appears in Add Math
You meet Displacement in the Kinematics of Linear Motion chapter of SPM Additional Mathematics. Knowing the term precisely matters in the exam: questions often hinge on reading a keyword correctly, and because SPM marking is analytic, using the right definition in your working helps secure method marks.
Our teachers make sure a student can not only recite what Displacement means but use it fluently in a full solution.
The term in three languages
Because the SPM Add Math paper is bilingual (BM/EN), it helps to know this term in each language: Displacement (EN) · Sesaran (BM) · 位移 (中文)
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