- spherical coordinates
- plural noun coordinates that locate a point in three dimensions in terms of its distance from the origin and two angles defined with reference to vertical and horizontal planes.
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spherical coordinates — sferinės koordinatės statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. spherical coordinates vok. sphärische Koordinaten, f rus. сферические координаты, f pranc. coordonnées sphériques, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
spherical coordinates — sferinės koordinatės statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. spherical coordinates vok. sphärische Koordinaten, f rus. сферические координаты, f pranc. coordonnées sphériques, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Spherical coordinates — Coordinate Co*[ o]r di*nate, n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance. [1913 Webster] It has neither co[ o]rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spherical coordinates — Math. a system of coordinates for locating a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes. [1860 65] * * * … Universalium
spherical coordinates — Math. a system of coordinates for locating a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes. [1860 65] … Useful english dictionary
Del in cylindrical and spherical coordinates — This is a list of some vector calculus formulae of general use in working with various curvilinear coordinate systems. Contents 1 Note 2 References 3 See also 4 External links … Wikipedia
Vector fields in cylindrical and spherical coordinates — Cylindrical coordinate system = Vector fields Vectors are defined in cylindrical coordinates by (ρ,φ,z), where * ρ is the length of the vector projected onto the X Y plane, * φ is the angle of the projected vector with the positive X axis (0 ≤ φ… … Wikipedia
Coordinates (mathematics) — Coordinates are numbers which describe the location of points in a plane or in space. For example, the height above sea level is a coordinate which is useful for describing points near the surface of the earth. A coordinate system, in a plane or… … Wikipedia
Spherical multipole moments — are the coefficients in a series expansionof a potential that varies inversely with the distance R to a source, i.e., as frac{1}{R}. Examples of such potentials are the electric potential, the magnetic potential and the gravitational… … Wikipedia
Fundamental plane (spherical coordinates) — The fundamental plane in a spherical coordinate system is a plane which divides the sphere into two hemispheres. The latitude of a point is then the angle between the fundamental plane and the line joining the point to the centre of the… … Wikipedia
