English Explanatory Dictionary

polar coordinates

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The coordinates of a point in a plane, measured as its Cartesian distance from the origin and the angle measured counterclockwise from the x-axis to a line joining the point to the origin.
  2. A system of coordinates using such measurements to indicate position.
  3. The coordinates of a point in three-dimensional space, measured as its Cartesian distance from the origin, the angle measured from the z-axis to a line joining the point to the origin, and the angle measured counterclockwise from the x-axis to this line.

Word forms

polar coordinates polar coordinate

Related words

Cartesian coordinates

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 極坐標 /极坐标 Finnish: napakoordinaatit French: coordonnées polaires Hungarian: polár koordináta Japanese: 極座標 Portuguese: coordenadas polares Romanian: coordonate polare Russian: поля́рные координа́ты Spanish: coordenadas polares Swedish: polära koordinater
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