Definition of Polar coordinate

1. Noun. Either of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the pole.

Generic synonyms: Co-ordinate, Coordinate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polar Coordinate

polar anaemia
polar antonym
polar bear
polar bear dip
polar bears
polar body
polar cap
polar caps
polar cataract
polar cell
polar circle
polar cod
polar compound
polar cone
polar cones
polar coordinate (current term)
polar coordinates
polar covalent bond
polar covalent bonds
polar equation
polar fibres
polar flagellation
polar fox
polar foxes
polar front
polar glacier
polar globule
polar granule
polar group
polar hare

Literary usage of Polar coordinate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tables of Complex Hyperbolic and Circular Functions by Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1914)
"Firstly, it has been found impracticable to procure polar coordinate ruled ... Secondly, regular polar coordinate charts of the type presented in Figs. ..."

2. Handbook of Mathematics for Engineers and Engineering Students by Joseph Claudel (1906)
"Thus, having to apply the formula, it is an easy matter to determine the maximum error which this formula will give. A NOTE ON THE polar coordinate SYSTEM ..."

3. Elementary Mathematical Analysis: A Text Book for First Year College Students by Charles Sumner Slichter (1918)
"polar coordinate Paper. polar coordinate paper (form M3) is prepared for the construction of loci in the polar system. A reduced copy of a sheet of such ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1903)
"I am convinced that neither the clock-diagram method nor tie polar-coordinate method has any essential advantage over the other except, perhaps, ..."

5. Artificial Electric Lines: Their Theory, Mode of Construction and Uses by Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1917)
"The length of the vector OP is called the "modulus " of the polar coordinate complex quantity; while the circular angle /3 is called the "argument" of the ..."

6. Elementary Mathematical Analysis: A Text Book for First Year College Students by Charles Sumner Slichter (1914)
"polar coordinate Paper. polar coordinate paper (form Af3) is prepared for the construction of loci in the polar system. A reduced copy of a sheet of such ..."

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