coordinate : Idioms & Phrases

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cartesian coordinate

  • noun one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes
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cartesian coordinate system

  • noun a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system
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Cartesian coördinates

  • . See under Cartesian.
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coordinate axis

  • noun one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system
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coordinate bond

  • noun a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms
    dative bond.
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coordinate clause

  • noun a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function
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coordinate geometry

  • noun the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
    analytical geometry; analytic geometry.
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coordinate system

  • noun a system that uses coordinates to establish position
    reference system; reference frame; frame of reference.
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coordinated universal time

  • noun Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds
    UTC.
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coordinating conjunction

  • noun the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status
  • noun a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
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Coördinate adjectives

  • adjectives disconnected as regards ane another, but referring equally to the same subject.
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Coördinate conjunctions

  • conjunctions joining independent propositions.
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Geographical coördinates

  • the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third coördinate.
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polar coordinate

  • noun 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
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Polar coördinates

  • coördinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above.
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Rectangular coördinates

  • coördinates the axes of which intersect at right angles.
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Rectilinear coördinates

  • coördinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also Cartesian coördinates.
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Trigonometrical ∨ Spherical coördinates

  • elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere.
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Trilinear coördinates

  • coördinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.
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