Polar Coordinate (Noun)
Meaning
Either of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the pole.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The polar coordinate system is used to locate points on a plane by specifying the distance from the origin and the angle from the positive x-axis.
- In the polar coordinate system, the point is represented by the ordered pair of the radius and the angle.
- The polar coordinate of a point can be converted to rectangular coordinates using trigonometric functions.
- To graph a function in polar coordinates, we plot points using the polar coordinate of each point.
- The polar coordinate system is useful for describing the motion of objects in circular paths.