IEC 60050 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary


IEVref:	102-03-22		ID:
Language:	en		Status: Standard

Term:	component, <of a vector quantity>
Synonym1:	coordinate, <of a vector quantity> [Preferred]
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Definition:	any of the n scalar quantities $Q_{1}, Q_{2}, \dots, Q_{n}$ in the representation of a vector quantity Q as the linear combination $Q_{1} a_{1} + Q_{2} a_{2} + \dots + Q_{n} a_{n}$ of the base vectors $a_{1}, a_{2}, \dots, a_{n}$ Note 1 to entry: Instead of treating each component of a vector quantity as a quantity (i.e. the product of a numerical value and a unit of measurement), the vector quantity Q may be represented as a vector of numerical values multiplied by the unit: $Q = {Q_{1}} [Q] e_{1} + {Q_{2}} [Q] e_{2} + {Q_{3}} [Q] e_{3} = ({Q_{1}} e_{1} + {Q_{2}} e_{2} + {Q_{3}} e_{3}) [Q]$ where ${Q_{1}}, {Q_{2}}, {Q_{3}}$ are numerical values, $[Q]$ is the unit, and $e_{1}, e_{2}, e_{3}$ are the unit vectors. Similar considerations apply to tensor quantities. Note 2 to entry: The components of a vector quantity are transformed by a coordinate transformation like the coordinates of a position vector. Note 3 to entry: The term "coordinate" is generally used when the vector quantity is a position vector. This usage is consistent with the definition of the coordinates of a vector in mathematics (IEV 102-03-09).
Publication date:	2008-08
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Internal notes:	2017-02-20: Editorial revisions in accordance with the information provided in C00019 (IEV 102) - evaluation. JGO
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Q = {Q_{1}} [Q] e_{1} + {Q_{2}} [Q] e_{2} + {Q_{3}} [Q] e_{3} = ({Q_{1}} e_{1} + {Q_{2}} e_{2} + {Q_{3}} e_{3}) [Q]

where

{Q_{1}}, {Q_{2}}, {Q_{3}}

are numerical values,

[Q]

is the unit, and

e_{1}, e_{2}, e_{3}

are the unit vectors. Similar considerations apply to tensor quantities. Note 2 to entry: The components of a vector quantity are transformed by a coordinate transformation like the coordinates of a position vector. Note 3 to entry: The term "coordinate" is generally used when the vector quantity is a position vector. This usage is consistent with the definition of the coordinates of a vector in mathematics (IEV 102-03-09).