Concept information
Preferred term
spherical coordinates
Definition
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In mathematics, a spherical coordinate system is a coordinate system for three-dimensional space where the position of a given point in space is specified by three numbers, (r, θ, φ): the radial distance of the radial line r connecting the point to the fixed point of origin (which is located on a fixed polar axis, or zenith direction axis, or z-axis); the polar angle θ of the radial line r; and the azimuthal angle φ of the radial line r.
(Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- spherical coordinate system
In other languages
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French
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systèmes de coordonnées sphériques
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/PSR-LF7D2MVM-1
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