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cylindrical coordinate

noun

Definition of CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE

:  any of the coordinates in space obtained by constructing in a plane a polar coordinate system and on a line perpendicular to the plane a linear coordinate system
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First Known Use of CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE

circa 1934

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