Meaning Of The Word Polar coordinates

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Polar coordinates Meaning

Polar coordinates Definition
Polar coordinates Definition

What's The Definition Of Polar coordinates?

polar coordinates in American English
a pair of numbers that locate a point in a plane: one is the distance of the point from a fixed point on a fixed line, and the other is the angle made by the fixed line with the line connecting the two points
noun: a system of coordinates for locating a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)

polar coordinates in British English
plural noun: a pair of coordinates for locating a point in a plane by means of the length of a radius vector, r, which pivots about the origin to establish the angle, θ, that the position of the point makes with a fixed line. Usually written (r, θ)

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