cylindrical coordinate


cylindrical coordinate

noun

Definition of CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE

: any of the coordinates in space obtained by constructing in a plane a polar coordinate system and on a line perpendicular to the plane a linear coordinate system

First Known Use of CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE

circa 1934

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