Pseudovector

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What Wikipedia says

In physics and mathematics, a pseudovector (or axial vector) is a quantity that transforms like a vector under continuous rigid transformations such as rotations or translations, but which does not transform like a vector under certain discontinuous rigid transformations such as reflections.

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