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POLAR COORDINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polar coordinate mean? 

POLAR COORDINATE (noun)
  The noun POLAR COORDINATE has 1 sense:

1. 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 poleplay

  Familiarity information: POLAR COORDINATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLAR COORDINATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("polar coordinate" is a kind of...):

co-ordinate; coordinate (a number that identifies a position relative to an axis)


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