spherical coordinate
nounMathematics.
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.
Origin of spherical coordinate
1First recorded in 1860–65
Words Nearby spherical coordinate
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Scientific 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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