POLAR COORDINATE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does polar coordinate mean? 

• POLAR COORDINATE (noun)
  The noun POLAR COORDINATE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: POLAR COORDINATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLAR COORDINATE (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("polar coordinate" is a kind of...):

co-ordinate; coordinate (a number that identifies a position relative to an axis)