cylindrical coordinate


nounMathematics.
  1. Usually cylindrical coordinates . a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point in space by its polar coordinates and its perpendicular distance to the polar plane.

Origin of cylindrical coordinate

1
First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby cylindrical coordinate

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