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polar coordinate

polar coordinate is the singular of polar coordinates.

Meaning of polar coordinates

Noun

polar coordinates pl (normally plural, singular polar coordinate)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) 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. (plural, plural-normally) A system of coordinates using such measurements to indicate position.
  3. (plural, plural-normally) 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.

Forms of polar coordinate

pluralpolar coordinates

Questions about polar coordinate

What is polar coordinate the singular of?
Polar coordinate is the singular of polar coordinates.

Words near polar coordinate in the dictionary

  1. polar circles
  2. polar cod
  3. polar cods
  4. polar cone
  5. polar cones
  6. polar coordinate
  7. polar coordinates
  8. polar covalent bond
  9. polar covalent bonds
  10. polar desert
  11. polar deserts

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