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Plücker coordinate

Plücker coordinate noun: any of six homogeneous coordinates assigned to a line in projective 3-space, used in geometric algebra and computer graphics.

Noun

Plücker coordinate (plural Plücker coordinates)

  1. Any of six homogeneous coordinates assigned to a line in projective 3-space, used in geometric algebra and computer graphics.

Forms of Plücker coordinate

pluralPlücker coordinates

Origin of Plücker coordinate

Introduced by Julius Plücker in the 19th century.

Questions about Plücker coordinate

What does Plücker coordinate mean?
Plücker coordinate means any of six homogeneous coordinates assigned to a line in projective 3-space, used in geometric algebra and computer graphics.
What part of speech is Plücker coordinate?
Plücker coordinate is a noun.
What is the plural of Plücker coordinate?
The plural of Plücker coordinate is Plücker coordinates.

Words near Plücker coordinate in the dictionary

  1. Plémy
  2. Pléneuf-Val-André
  3. Plénée-Jugon
  4. Plérin
  5. Plücker
  6. Plücker coordinate
  7. Plücker coordinates
  8. Plücker embedding
  9. Plücker embeddings
  10. Plücker matrices
  11. Plücker matrix

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