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spherical coordinate

noun Mathematics.

Usually spherical coordinates. any of three coordinates used to locate a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes.

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Nearby words

  1. sphere of influence,
  2. spherical,
  3. spherical aberration,
  4. spherical angle,
  5. spherical astronomy,
  6. spherical coordinates,
  7. spherical excess,
  8. spherical geometry,
  9. spherical lens,
  10. spherical polygon

Origin of spherical coordinate

First recorded in 1860–65
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Science definitions for spherical coordinate

spherical coordinate

Any of a set of coordinates in a three-dimensional system for locating points in space by means of a radius vector and two angles measured from the center of a sphere with respect to two arbitrary, fixed, perpendicular directions.
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