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    In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (UK: /kɑːrˈtiːzjən/, US: /kɑːrˈtiːʒən/) in a plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely...
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    unique coordinate and each real number is the coordinate of a unique point. The prototypical example of a coordinate system is the Cartesian coordinate system...
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    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 coordinates...
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    reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others. Although latitude and longitude form a coordinate tuple like a cartesian coordinate system...
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    A projected coordinate system – also called a projected coordinate reference system, planar coordinate system, or grid reference system – is a type of...
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  • absolute coordinate system uses the cartesian coordinate system, where a point on the machine is specifically defined. The cartesian coordinate system is a...
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    +a} , respectively, on the x {\displaystyle x} -axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. The most common definition of elliptic coordinates ( μ , ν )...
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  • analytic geometry, also known as coordinate geometry or Cartesian geometry, is the study of geometry using a coordinate system. This contrasts with synthetic...
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  • simple Cartesian coordinate system to specify locations rather than a more complex spherical coordinate system (the geographic coordinate system of latitude...
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    A Cartesian coordinate robot (also called linear robot) is an industrial robot whose three principal axes of control are linear (i.e. they move in a straight...
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    angle, or azimuth. The pole is analogous to the origin in a Cartesian coordinate system. Polar coordinates are most appropriate in any context where...
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    angle measurement. A Euclidean plane with a chosen Cartesian coordinate system is called a Cartesian plane. The set R 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{2}}...
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    right-handed coordinate system). The corresponding cartesian coordinate system allows points to be specified by coordinates (SGX, SGY, SGZ). In this system the...
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    strongly related to Cartesian coordinates and, more generally, affine coordinates. For a space of dimension n, these coordinate systems are defined relative...
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    In mathematics, a spherical coordinate system specifies a given point in three-dimensional space by using a distance and two angles as its three coordinates...
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    The axes of a two-dimensional Cartesian system divide the plane into four infinite regions, called quadrants, each bounded by two half-axes. The axes themselves...
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    Z, which are orthogonal to each other in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. Each axis has a sensor that monitors the position of the probe...
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    national systems such as the British National Grid, and State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS). Engineering coordinate system (or local, custom) A cartesian coordinate...
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    is the boundary of an ⁠ n {\displaystyle n} ⁠-ball. Given a Cartesian coordinate system, the unit ⁠ n {\displaystyle n} ⁠-sphere of radius ⁠ 1 {\displaystyle...
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  • position such as (5, 2, 1) in a 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system with the basis as the axes of this system. Coordinates are always specified relative...
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  • in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy-Cartesian coordinate system to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system in which the origin is kept fixed and the...
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    kind of geometric symmetry. In a Cartesian coordinate system, the origin is the point where the axes of the system intersect. The origin divides each...
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    in mathematics is equally apparent, being the namesake of the Cartesian coordinate system. He is credited as the father of analytic geometry—used in the...
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    Vertical and horizontal (category Coordinate systems)
    drawn from up to down (or down to up), such as the y-axis in the Cartesian coordinate system. The word horizontal is derived from the Latin horizon, which...
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    between these variables. They can be interpreted as Cartesian coordinates of the points D and E, in a system in the pink plane with P as its origin. Since x...
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  • category theory Cartesian coordinate system, modern rectangular coordinate system Cartesian diagram, a construction in category theory Cartesian geometry, now...
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    lie on the unit sphere. A Cartesian coordinate system is defined in terms of several oriented reference lines, called coordinate axes; any arbitrary direction...
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    Abscissa and ordinate (category Coordinate systems)
    first and second coordinate of a point in a Cartesian coordinate system: abscissa ≡ x {\displaystyle \equiv x} -axis (horizontal) coordinate ordinate ≡ y...
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    in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy-Cartesian coordinate system to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system in which the origin is kept fixed and the...
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    1827 work Der barycentrische Calcul, are a system of coordinates used in projective geometry, just as Cartesian coordinates are used in Euclidean geometry...
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