spherical coordinate system

coordinate system based around angle and distance from the origin
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spherical coordinate system

Summary

spherical coordinate system ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,915 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • spherical coordinate system's image is recorded as Spherical Coordinates (Colatitude, Longitude) (b).svg[2].
  • spherical coordinate system's GND ID is recorded as 7521117-8[3].
  • spherical coordinate system's subclass of is recorded as orthogonal coordinate system[4].
  • spherical coordinate system's subclass of is recorded as curvilinear coordinate system[5].
  • spherical coordinate system's subclass of is recorded as three-dimensional coordinate system[6].
  • spherical coordinate system's Commons category is recorded as Spherical coordinates[7].
  • spherical coordinate system's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0773d[8].
  • spherical coordinate system's PSH ID is recorded as 327[9].
  • spherical coordinate system's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[10].
  • spherical coordinate system's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/spherical-coordinate-system[11].
  • spherical coordinate system's defining formula is recorded as \begin{array}{lcl} x & = & r \sin \theta \cos \phi \ y & = & r \sin \theta \sin \phi \ z & = & r \cos \theta \end{array}[12].
  • spherical coordinate system's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02282022n[13].
  • spherical coordinate system's MathWorld ID is recorded as SphericalCoordinates[14].
  • spherical coordinate system's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4175888[15].
  • spherical coordinate system's Quora topic ID is recorded as Spherical-Coordinate-System[16].
  • spherical coordinate system's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as spherical-coordinates[17].
  • spherical coordinate system's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 095929[18].
  • spherical coordinate system's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].
  • spherical coordinate system's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 126990412[20].
  • spherical coordinate system's in defining formula is recorded as x[21].
  • spherical coordinate system's in defining formula is recorded as y[22].
  • spherical coordinate system's in defining formula is recorded as z[23].
  • spherical coordinate system's in defining formula is recorded as r[24].
  • spherical coordinate system's in defining formula is recorded as \theta[25].
  • spherical coordinate system's in defining formula is recorded as \phi[26].

Why It Matters

spherical coordinate system ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,915 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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