direction cosine
direction cosine
nounDefinition of DIRECTION COSINE
: any of the cosines of the three angles between a directed line in space and the positive direction of the axes of a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system —usually used in plural
First Known Use of DIRECTION COSINE
circa 1889
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