coordinates — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. points of reference, latitude and longitude, specifications of the location of a point, set of variables, set of parameters, Cartesian coordinates, ordinate and abscissa; see also measure 1 , position 1 … English dictionary for students
coordinates — [kəʊˈɔːdɪnəts] noun [plural] a set of two numbers that give the exact position of something on a map or GRAPH … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Line coordinates — In geometry, line coordinates are used to specify the position of a line just as point coordinates (or simply coordinates) are used to specify the position of a point. Contents 1 Lines in the plane 2 Tangential equations 3 Tangential equation of… … Wikipedia
Canonical coordinates — In mathematics and classical mechanics, canonical coordinates are particular sets of coordinates on the phase space, or equivalently, on the cotangent manifold of a manifold. Canonical coordinates arise naturally in physics in the study of… … Wikipedia
Oblate spheroidal coordinates — Figure 1: Coordinate isosurfaces for a point P (shown as a black sphere) in oblate spheroidal coordinates (μ, ν, φ). The z axis is vertical, and the foci are at ±2. The red oblate spheroid (flattened sphere) corresponds to μ=1, whereas the blue… … Wikipedia
celestial coordinates — Set of numbers used to pinpoint the position in the sky (see celestial sphere) of a celestial object. Coordinate systems used include the horizon system (altitude and azimuth), galactic coordinates, the ecliptic system (measured relative to the… … Universalium
Curvilinear coordinates — Curvilinear, affine, and Cartesian coordinates in two dimensional space Curvilinear coordinates are a coordinate system for Euclidean space in which the coordinate lines may be curved. These coordinates may be derived from a set of Cartesian… … Wikipedia
Orthogonal coordinates — In mathematics, orthogonal coordinates are defined as a set of d coordinates q = (q1, q2, ..., qd) in which the coordinate surfaces all meet at right angles (note: superscripts are indices, not exponents). A coordinate surface for a particular… … Wikipedia
Plücker coordinates — In geometry, Plücker coordinates, introduced by Julius Plücker in the 19th century, are a way to assign six homogenous coordinates to each line in projective 3 space, P 3. Because they satisfy a quadratic constraint, they establish a one to one… … Wikipedia
Homogeneous coordinates — In mathematics, homogeneous coordinates, introduced by August Ferdinand Möbius in his 1827 work Der barycentrische Calcul [ [http://www history.mcs.st andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mobius.html Mobius biography ] ] , allow affine transformations to be … Wikipedia
Action-angle coordinates — In classical mechanics, action angle coordinates are a set of canonical coordinates useful in solving many integrable systems. The method of action angles is useful for obtaining the frequencies of oscillatory or rotational motion without solving … Wikipedia