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> As mentioned previously, displacement generally means
> position relative to some arbitrary reference.
A quick cursory glance at the four introductory texts in arms reach define
displacement not as above, but rather as r_2 - r_1, i.e. as change in
position.
Tipler page 19
Halliday and Resnick "Physics" page 37
Crummett & Western page 41
Lea & Burke page 32