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Euler angle

Euler angle noun: 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.

Noun

Euler angle (plural Euler angles)

  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.
    • Euler angles can also represent the orientation of a mobile frame of reference in physics or the orientation of a basis in 3-dimensional linear algebra.
    • The use of Euler angles or Quaternions to represent entity (i.e., vehicle) orientation in the draft military standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation has drawn fierce debate.1991, “AIAA Flight Simulation Technologies Conference: A Collection of Technical Papers”, in AIAA, page 271

Forms of Euler angle

pluralEuler angles

Origin of Euler angle

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

Questions about Euler angle

What does Euler angle mean?
Euler angle means 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.
What part of speech is Euler angle?
Euler angle is a noun.
What is the plural of Euler angle?
The plural of Euler angle is Euler angles.

Words near Euler angle in the dictionary

  1. EULAs
  2. eulepidine
  3. eulepidopteran
  4. eulepidopterans
  5. Euler
  6. Euler angle
  7. Euler angles
  8. Euler characteristic
  9. Euler characteristics
  10. Euler diagram
  11. Euler diagrams

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