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POLAR COORDINATE
I. (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)