coordinate system
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coordinate
noun
uk/kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.nət/us/koʊˈɔːr.dən.ət/
one of a pair of numbers and/or letters that show the exact position of a point on a map ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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This transformation places the origin of thecoordinatesystemat the upstream end of the reach that is actually plotted.
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The path around the obstacle was expressed in virtual obstacle coordinates, which in turn were expressed in the virtual workpiececoordinatesystem.
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These interface contours are plotted relative to acoordinatesystemfixed at the centre of the particle.
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For the model considered here, the viscosity tensor is transformed from this localcoordinatesystemto the global cylindricalcoordinatesystem.
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Thecoordinatesystemof visual climbing fibres to the flocculus.
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Assume that the axis of rotation is stationary in a rectangularcoordinatesystemthat serves as an inertial reference frame.
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The other three coordinates are angular displacements that describe the orientation of the moving platform with reference to a nonrotatingcoordinatesystem.
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To derive this differential equation we first transform (1.3) to a localized boundary layercoordinatesystemcentered near the spike.
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The scaling is done in the rotatedcoordinatesystemof the slice.
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To the south of a specified latitude, thecoordinatesystemuses latitude and longitude.
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Since we did not use any a priori particularcoordinatesystemto define noninteracting basis and reflection coefficients, this has no influence on reflection coefficients.
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We then computed the coefficients in thiscoordinatesystemand used perspective projection to the unit disk.
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A cartesiancoordinatesystemis attached to each link for describing the relative arrangements of the various links.
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