polar coordinate

Related to polar coordinate: spherical coordinate

polar coordinate

The polar coordinates of point P are (r, θ).

polar coordinate

Either of two coordinates, the radius or the polar angle, that together specify the position of a point in a plane.

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polar coordinate - 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

coordinate, co-ordinate - a number that identifies a position relative to an axis

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