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Give three important characteristics of displacement.

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Three important characteristics of displacement are:

Displacement is a vector quantity having both magnitude as well as direction.
Displacement of a particle between two given positions is unique and is the shortest path through which particle may go from its initial to final position.
Displacement is independent of the choice of origin to the co$-$ordinate system.

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