unit circle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of unit circle
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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These ratios still apply to the sides of a right triangle when no unit circle is involved and when the triangle is not in standard position and is not being graphed using coordinates.
From Textbooks • Dec. 1, 2021
A certain closed path C in plane 2x + 2y + z = 1 is known to project onto unit circle x2 + y2 = 1 in the xy-plane.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Find the value of integral ∫C2ds, where C is the upper half of the unit circle.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
A unit circle is made up of n wedges equivalent to the inner wedge in the figure.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Let F = ⟨ − y, x ⟩ be the vector field from Example 6.16 and let C represent the unit circle oriented counterclockwise.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
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