• DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Joules is unfortunately a vector because it’s over a distance in a direction. Temperature is a scalar. Sometimes scalars are better than vectors.

    Edit:Ok for those who don’t actually understand joules in its units J=KG•M2/s2 or N•D, it’s force which is a vector over a distance, this requires a magnitude and direction. This is because force is a vector and Joules is using force. All of you are starting to be confidently incorrect… Joules is a vector you can search it up.

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      11 months ago

      Joules is unfortunately a vector because it’s over a distance in a direction.

      What? Joule is an energy unit and energy is a scalar quantity and not a vector. There is no “energy direction” and no “distance”.

      Edit: even your edit doesn’t make sense. Provide a source that says that energy or joule is somehow a vector.

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      11 months ago

      If you set one of the axis to 1 than it’s effectively a scalar that’s why I love it so much.

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        11 months ago

        Please, someone fix the meme. Joule x a vector (represented by angles measured in radians).