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unit circle
noun
, Mathematics.
- a circle whose radius has a length of one unit.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unit circle1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences
“Your six angles become six points on the unit circle, and you need those complex numbers to satisfy a polynomial equation,” said Weissman.
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