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Rarepolar 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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Definition
noun
- 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.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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