rectangular coordinates
Britishplural noun
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There is no rotational or spherical symmetry that applies in this situation, so rectangular coordinates are a good choice.
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Double integrals are sometimes much easier to evaluate if we change rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates.
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If c is a constant, then in rectangular coordinates, surfaces of the form x = c, y = c, or z = c are all planes.
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Earlier in this chapter we showed how to convert a double integral in rectangular coordinates into a double integral in polar coordinates in order to deal more conveniently with problems involving circular symmetry.
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I also made myself master of the theories of rectangular coordinates and some of the differential processes applying to them, which only a few of the best of the university mathematicians then wholly possessed.
From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by Airy, George Biddell
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