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Definition of Coordinate system
1. Noun. A system that uses coordinates to establish position.
Generic synonyms: Arrangement, Organisation, Organization, System
Specialized synonyms: Cartesian Coordinate System, Inertial Frame, Inertial Reference Frame, Space-time, Space-time Continuum
Terms within: Coordinate Axis
Definition of Coordinate system
1. Noun. (mathematics) A method of representing points in a space of given dimensions by coordinates from an origin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coordinate System
Literary usage of Coordinate system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"RECTANGULAR coordinate system OF SURVEYING CITIES. 283. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. ...
In a coordinate system two arbitrary lines are chosen for coordinate axes, ..."
2. Robot Manipulators: Mathematics, Programming, and Control : the Computer by Richard P. Paul (1981)
"5.2 Object Description As we have seen in Chapter 1, any rigid object can be
described in terms of a coordinate system bearing a fixed relationship to the ..."
3. Theoretical Kinematics by Oene Bottema, Bernard Roth (1990)
"An oblique coordinate system In the analytical sections of this chapter we have
used orthogonal coordinate systems. It is possible to reduce the complexity ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"ferred to a coordinate system centered on the ligand nucleus. If we assume that
the principal axis system for "Si is as shown in Figure 1, ..."
5. Colloquium Lectures by American Mathematical Society (1905)
"THE EXTENDED coordinate system. We may now extend our coordinate system x.
from the region T, for which it has been defined, to all points of space. ..."
6. Solid Geometry by Percival Frost (1875)
"coordinate system of Three Planes. 3. la the coordinate system of three planes,
three planes xOy, yOz, ..."
7. Gait Analysis in the Science of Rehabilitation edited by Joel A. DeLisa (2000)
"The laboratory coordinate system is a right-handed coordinate system, that is,
the X axis is aligned with the thumb of the right hand, the Y axis is aligned ..."
8. The Boston Colloquium Lectures on Mathematics by Edward Burr Van Vleck, Henry Seely White, Frederick Shenstone Woods (1905)
"THE EXTENDED coordinate system. We may now extend our coordinate system .r from
the region T, for which it has been defined, to all points of space. ..."
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