polar coordinate

Other forms: polar coordinates

Definitions of polar coordinate
  1. noun
    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
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    type of:
    co-ordinate, coordinate
    a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
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