- polar coordinate
- noun Date: 1816 either of two numbers that locate a point in a plane by its distance from a fixed point on a line and the angle this line makes with a fixed line
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polar coordinate — noun either of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the pole • Hypernyms: ↑coordinate, ↑co ordinate * * * noun : either of two numbers that locate a point in a … Useful english dictionary
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polar coordinate system — noun : the series of points in a plane with each held to have a set of polar coordinates together with the reference elements and rules needed to locate each point by such a set of coordinates … Useful english dictionary
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Coordinate system — For geographical coordinates on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates. In geometry, a coordinate system is a system which uses one or more numbers, or coordinates, to uniquely determine the position of a point or other… … Wikipedia
