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cylindrical coordinate

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noun

Mathematics.

  1. Usually cylindrical coordinates a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point in space by its polar coordinates and its perpendicular distance to the polar plane.

Etymology

Origin of cylindrical coordinate

First recorded in 1930–35

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