位移

wèiyí

noun #36,855

Meanings

1 displacement (physics)
2 shift in position

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

地震造成了地表的位移。

Dìzhèn zàochéng le dìbiǎo de wèiyí.

The earthquake caused displacement of the ground surface.

HSK 7-9

物体的位移是一个矢量。

Wùtǐ de wèiyí shì yí gè shǐliàng.

An object's displacement is a vector quantity.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse with 移动 (to move). 位移 is the technical physics term for vector displacement - it tracks net change in position, not the path. In casual speech, use 移动 instead.

Stroke Order

位 wèi

移 yí