Versor


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Ver´sor


n.1.(Geom.) The turning factor of a quaternion.
Quadrantal versor
See under Quadrantal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The versor of this direction id denoted u and is expressed as function of the versors i, j and k of the immobile system, using the relations:
To this, we call it versor that is nothing more than a directed arc from a circle with radius 1, representing the path of a point that is rotated by an angle a in an axis r.
Let us suppose that the VOI is rotated around versor z at first, that is, on the coronal plane.
One volume of a four-volume work of Aristotle commentaries (by Johannes Versor) is dated November 29, 1485, and is signed "per Theodoricum impressorem Colonie" [by Theodoric printer of Cologne] at an address that had been that of ther Hoernen and using his Types 3 and l.
Once assumed the null value to be allowable for the constant C = 0 in (21a), and defining the versor [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] as tangent to the curvilinear coordinate s, then the two real scalar equations (21a)-(21b) can be collected in just one complex vector equation [11]:
Tabela 2-Cargas das variaveis relevantes Variavel Dimensoes 1 2 VERSOR 0,333 0,51 VERSWI 0,415 0,51 VERSFA 0,67 -0,056 VERSTW 0,59 0,436 VERSLI 0,452 0,54 VERSYO 0,55 0,45 VERSRS 0,65 -0,123 VEIE 0,63 0,098 VEODA 0,59 -0,4 VEACTMK 0,3 -0,58 VEACTNP 0,59 -0,256 VEACTFD 0,66 0,128 VEACTCM 0,59 -0,354 VEACTCO 0,6 0,068 VEGP VEQURS 0,67 0,6 0,16 0,21 Nesta tabela, outro aspecto a mencionar e que a maior parte das variaveis tem valores positivos na 1a dimensao, enquanto a 2a dimensao revela um maior contraste entre as variaveis pois umas sao negativas e outras positivas, significando que ha poucas relacoes entre elas.
In the second chapter the author discusses various authors from the Renaissance: Petrarch, Donato Acciaiuoli, Versor, Wellendorffer, Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples, Clichtove, John Mair (also known as John Major), and Piccolomini.
where [??] is the normal versor to the scattering surface, defined in each point.