parallelogram of forces
English
Noun
parallelogram of forces (plural parallelograms of forces)
- (mechanics) A parallelogram, two adjacent sides of which are vectors having the same initial point and representing two forces acting simultaneously upon this point, such that the resultant of the forces is given by the diagonal of the parallelogram that passes through this point.
Translations
parallelogram representing forces
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