parametric equations

British  

plural noun

1. a set of equations expressing a number of quantities as explicit functions of the same set of independent variables and equivalent to some direct functional relationship of these quantities

   a circle x²+y²=r² has parametric equations x=r cos θ and y=r sin θ in terms of the parameters r and θ

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Example Sentences

The parametric equations of a line are not unique.

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Figure 1.4 Graph of the plane curve described by the parametric equations in part a.

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Find parametric equations of the line passing through the origin and the point of tangency.

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Determine whether the line of parametric equations x = 5, y = 4 − t, z = 2t, t ∈ ℝ intersects the plane with equation 2x − y + z = 5.

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Figure 1.10 Graph of the hypocycloid described by the parametric equations shown.

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