Definition of coordinate

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Coordinate (n.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called coordinate axes and coordinate planes. See Abscissa..

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Trace :: Trace (v. t.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane..
Coordinate :: Coordinate (a.) Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
Incoordinate :: Incoordinate (a.) Not coordinate.
Disparate :: Disparate (a.) Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions.
Unicursal :: Unicursal (a.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.
Seismometry :: Seismometry (n.) The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space..
Acnode :: Acnode (n.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve..
Sectant :: Sectant (n.) One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes..
Coordinated :: Coordinated (imp. & p. p.) of Coordinat.
Abscissa :: Abscissa (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes..
Coordinate :: Coordinate (v. t.) To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification..
Polar :: Polar (a.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates..
Octant :: Octant (n.) One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coordinate planes.
Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc..
Potential :: Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the cente
Trilinear :: Trilinear (a.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coordinates..
Coordinately :: Coordinately (adv.) In a coordinate manner.
Radius Vector :: Radius vector () A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n..
Quadrant :: Quadrant (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.
Coordinate :: Coordinate (n.) A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance..
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