Key term for OCR GCSE Physics B, used in Forces and motion.
The shortest distance from the pivot to the line of action of the force, meeting it at a 90-degree angle.
Perpendicular distance appears in OCR GCSE Physics B revision content for Explaining motion, especially Forces and motion and Forces and motion.
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