coordinate system

Noun

Meaning

a system that uses coordinates to establish position

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

frame of reference reference frame reference system context background frame framework grid standpoint universe of discourse belief system system of coordinates co-ordinate axes coordinate systems areal coordinates
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Hypernyms

system organization arrangement organisation

Hyponyms

space-time Cartesian coordinate system inertial frame inertial reference frame space-time continuum

Examples

A contact analogue of the Darboux theorem holds: all contact structures on an odd-dimensional manifold are locally isomorphic and can be brought to a certain local normal form by a suitable choice of the coordinate system. Source: Internet

A change in coordinate system used by the observer is only a change in their description of observations, and does not mean that the observer has changed their state of motion, and vice versa. Source: Internet

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers or letters, or symbols. Source: Internet

Again, there is an ambiguity caused by projecting the three-dimensional coordinate system into the plane. Source: Internet

;:*An effect simulated by a window manager by maintaining window position information in a larger coordinate system than the screen and allowing panning by simply moving the windows in response to the user. Source: Internet

Although the polar coordinate system moves with the particle, the observer does not. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

coordinate measuring machine coordinate reference system coordinate space coordinate system library coordinate systems coordinate term