English Explanatory Dictionary

Euler angle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of three angles which together describe the orientation of a rigid body with respect to a fixed three-dimensional coordinate system, according to a formalism introduced by Leonhard Euler.

Word forms

Euler angle Euler angles

Etymology

Named after Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783).

Related words

Tait-Bryan angle
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