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"Position-Quantity-Number""Point-Vector-Scalar"
NumberScalar
Quantity (as a category such as "length", "weight", etc.)Vector space (linear space)
Quantity (as an element)Vector
Position (as a category such as "Height", "Time", etc.)Space (of coordinates)
Position(as an element)Point
UnitUnit vector
OriginOrigin
Measure of a quantityExpression of a vector in the form of linear combination of unit vectors
Uniqueness of measure value (--> 1-dimensional)Uniqueness of linear expression (--> 2-dimensional)
Obtaining positionObtaining coordinates
Measuring scaleAxes of coordinates
Sum of quantitiesSum of vectors
Multiplying a quantity (Action of a number to a quantity)Multiplying a vector (Action of a scalar to a vector)
Proportional relation between two quantitiesLinear function between two vector spaces
Proportional functionLinear Transformation
Constant of proportionMatrix