By analogy to what we did for one-dimensional motion in Chapter 2, we define the object's instantaneous velocity vector \(\vec{v}\) (or just velocity vector for short) at a given point along the trajectory as follows: Take the displacement \(\Delta\vec{r} = \vec{r_2} - \vec{r_1}\) for a very short time interval around that point and divide it by the duration \(\Delta{t} = t_2 - t_1\) of the interval.