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English
Noun
polar coordinates plural

1. mathematics 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|x-axis to a line joining the point to the origin.
2. mathematics 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.

Translations

French: coordonnées polaires f plural
Hungarian: polár koordináta
Japanese: 極座� (�������, kyokuzahy�)
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Portuguese: coordenadas polares f plural
Swedish: polära koordinater c plural

See also
Cartesian coordinates

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• 2007-01-10 21:06 - Mate Juhasz - Added Hungarian translation

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