HyperDic: polar_coordinate

English > 1 sense of the expression *polar coordinate*:
NOUN	cognition	polar coordinate	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

English > *polar coordinate*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
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.
Broader	coordinate, co-ordinate	A number that identifies a position relative to an axis