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Radius vector

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position vectornoun(geometry) Of a point, a vector going from the origin to that point; equivalently, the transpose of the point.
polarnoun(geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
radiusnoun(geometry) A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
radiantnoun(astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
curlnounA curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
polar equationnoun(mathematics) An equation defining a curve in terms of radius and angle.
space polar coordinatenounAny of a system of coordinates by which a point is located in space by its distance from a pole, the angle between the polar axis and its radius vector, and its longitude.
polenounOriginally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
field linenoun(physics) A visual aid for visualizing vector fields; a line drawn such that the direction of its tangent at any point equals the direction of the vector at that point.
polar coordinatesnoun(mathematics) The coordinates of a point in a plane, measured as its Cartesian distance from the origin and the angle measured counterclockwise from the x-axis to a line joining the point to the origin.
radial curvenoun(mathematics) Any of a family of curves that are the loci of points that have a defined relationship between a fixed point and the centre of curvature at each point on another curve
coordinateverb(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).
vector fieldnoun(differential geometry) a function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point
circlenoun(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
radical linenoun(mathematics) The line containing the locus of points from which the segments respectively tangent to two given circles have equal length.
radius of curvaturenoun(mathematics, for any point on a curve) The radius of the osculating circle at the point on the curve
straight linenoun(geometry) A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points.
meridiannoun(astronomy) In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
limaçonnoun(geometry) A plane curve with polar equation ρ=a+b, sin ,θ or ρ=a+b, cos ,θ, of which the cardioid is a special case.
radical axisnoun(mathematics) The line containing the locus of points from which the segments respectively tangent to two given circles have equal length.

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