cylindrical coordinate
noun Mathematics.
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.
See also
polar coordinate.
Origin of cylindrical coordinate
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby cylindrical coordinate
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cylinder saw,
cylinder seal,
cylindraceous,
cylindrical,
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cylindrical lens,
cylindrical projection,
cylindroadenoma,
cylindroid
British Dictionary definitions for cylindrical coordinates
cylindrical coordinates
pl n
three coordinates defining the location of a point in three-dimensional space in terms of its polar coordinates (r, θ) in one plane, usually the (x, y) plane, and its perpendicular distance, z, measured from this plane