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coordinate system en · NOUN

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1. A method of representing the position of any individual point in a space of given dimensionality as a tuple of numerical coordinates.
   • In Chapter 1 the choice of the origin and orientation of the analysis Cartesian coordinate system was made arbitrarily.[…]Note that nothing was said about the origins of the above two Cartesian coordinate systems. 2008, Bruce K. Donaldson, Analysis of Aircraft Structures, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 38:
   • 1992, D. H. Maling, Coordinate Systems and Map Projections, 2nd Edition, Pergamon Press, page 27, In this chapter we review some of the fundamental ideas about the plane coordinate systems which are used in surveying and mapping, both from the viewpoint of studying the mathematics of map projections and the practical tasks which arise in cartography.
   • Note that the orientation of Squire's coordinate system relative to the physical coordinate system is changing as a function of wavenumbervector. 2003, Vejapong Juttijudata, Proper Orthogonal Decomposition in Squire's Coordinate System and Its Low-dimensional Model of Channel Turbulence, Cornell University, page 22:

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Relateds

polar coordinates · axis · tuple · coordinate plane · Cartesian coordinate · analytic geometry

Translations (29)

hy կոորդինատային համակարգ (method of representing points in a space) · cmn 坐標系 /坐标系 (method of representing points in a space) · de Koordinatensystem (method of representing points in a space) · eo koordinatsistemo (method of representing points in a space) · pt sistema de coordenadas (method of representing points in a space) · ro sistem de coordonate (method of representing points in a space) · it sistema di coordinate (method of representing points in a space) · ja 座標系 (method of representing points in a space) · es sistema de coordenadas (method of representing points in a space) · ko 좌표계 (method of representing points in a space) · kmr sîstema koordînatê (method of representing points in a space) · hu koordináta-rendszer (method of representing points in a space) · ar نِظَامُ إِحْدَاثِيَّاتٍ (method of representing points in a space) · hi निर्देशांक तंत्र (method of representing points in a space) · pl układ współrzędnych (method of representing points in a space) · so iskuxidh nidaamyo (method of representing points in a space) · ru систе́ма координа́т (method of representing points in a space) · nb koordinatsystem (method of representing points in a space) · bg координа́тна систе́ма (method of representing points in a space) · fr système de coordonnées (method of representing points in a space) · nn koordinatsystem (method of representing points in a space) · nl coördinatenstelsel (method of representing points in a space) · la systēma coōrdinātārum (method of representing points in a space) · tl kaayusang katayuwat (method of representing points in a space) · cs soustava souřadnic (method of representing points in a space) · tl tayuwatan (method of representing points in a space) · da koordinatsystem (method of representing points in a space) · fi koordinaatisto (method of representing points in a space) · sv koordinatsystem (method of representing points in a space)