spherical coordinates

spher·i·cal co·or·di·nate

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sfer-i-kuh l, sfeer- adjective, noun koh-awr-dn-it, -dn-eyt]
- /ˈsfɛr ɪ kəl, ˈsfɪər- adjective, noun koʊˈɔr dn ɪt, -dnˌeɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sfer-i-kuh l, sfeer- adjective, noun koh-awr-dn-it, -dn-eyt]
- /ˈsfɛr ɪ kəl, ˈsfɪər- adjective, noun koʊˈɔr dn ɪt, -dnˌeɪt/

Definitions of spherical coordinates words

noun spherical coordinates Usually, spherical coordinates. any of three coordinates used to locate a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes. 1
noun plural spherical coordinates three coordinates that define the location of a point in three-dimensional space in terms of the length r of its radius vector, the angle, θ, which this vector makes with one axis, and the angle, φ, made by a second axis, perpendicular to the first, with the plane containing the first axis and the point. Usually written (r, θ, φ) 0

before 1860

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First recorded in 1860-65

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