system of coordinates
1oblique system of coordinates — pražulnioji koordinačių sistema statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. oblique system of coordinates vok. schiefwinkliges Koordinatensystem, n rus. косоугольная система координат, f pranc. système oblique de coordonnées, m …
2Coordinates (mathematics) — Coordinates are numbers which describe the location of points in a plane or in space. For example, the height above sea level is a coordinate which is useful for describing points near the surface of the earth. A coordinate system, in a plane or… …
3equator system of coordinates — the system of celestial coordinates based on the celestial equator, its coordinates being declination and right ascension …
4horizon system of coordinates — a system of celestial coordinates based on the observer s horizon with its coordinates being altitude and azimuth …
5ecliptic system of coordinates — a system of celestial coordinates based on the ecliptic compare celestial latitude, celestial longitude …
6Oblique system of coordinates — Oblique Ob*lique , a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob }) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr. le chrios slanting.] [Written also {oblike}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from,… …
7ecliptic system of coordinates — A set of celestial coordinates based on the ecliptic as the primary great circle. The points 90° from the ecliptic are the north and south celestial poles. Angular distance north or south of the ecliptic, analogous to latitude, is celestial… …
8oblique system of coordinates — noun A system in which the coordinate axes are oblique to each other …
9coordinates — A system in which two magnitudes are used to define a position. Usually expressed in degrees/minutes/seconds of latitude and longitude. These may be interrelated linear or angular measures, by which the position of a point may be defined with… …
10coordinates — Linear or angular quantities which designate the position that a point occupies in a given reference frame or system. Also used as a general term to designate the particular kind of reference frame or system such as plane rectangular coordinates… …
