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polar coordinates

The correct spelling is polar coordinates.

How to pronounce polar coordinates

noun

Say it like: Pol-ar -coo-rdi-nat-es

The correct spelling is polar coordinates. The coordinates of a point in a plane, measured as its Cartesian distance from the origin and the angle measured anticlockwise/counterclockwise from the x-axis to a line joining…

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  1. 1.The coordinates of a point in a plane, measured as its Cartesian distance from the origin and the angle measured anticlockwise/counterclockwise from the x-axis to a line joining the point to the origin.
  2. 2.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 anticlockwise from the x-axis to this line.

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