Distance and Displacement

This lesson explains the concepts of distance and displacement in translational motion. It covers how to measure distance without considering direction and how displacement includes both distance and direction. The lesson also discusses the position of an object in relation to a reference point.

• 15:09 “So the next one is caliper. Caliper is another interesting and important measuring device and is having an accuracy of about 0.001. What this implies is that a caliper measure more accurate than the tape and the ruler. F...”
• 15:59 “this caliper, it's measured to this, which is some of those things that the metal rule, the normal ruler cannot do. So, it's measured to a degree of 0.001 meter, which is a very good measure in steel. So, there are about...”
• 16:45 “Anytime, as a student, anytime you hear the word micrometer, micrometer means small, extremely small, with high level of accuracy. Although, I mentioned the fact that micrometer screw gauge can be used to measure the qua...”