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Thesaurus: polar coordinate

either of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the pole

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  1. n. either of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the pole