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A vector has both magnitude and direction. Does it mean that anything that has by the direction of the axis of rotation, and the angle of rotation about the axis. Does that makes any rotation a vector?

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Anything that has magnitude and direction need not be called as avector .the quantity must obey the law of addition with other vectors of the same nature .
In general rotation cannot be considered as a vector . An infinitesimally small rotation can be represented by a vector .
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