Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The complement of the latitude—that is, the difference between the latitude, expressed in degrees, and 90°.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.
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- noun astronomy The
complement , in spherical coordinates, of alatitude (the difference between a latitude and 90°).
Etymologies
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Examples
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The angle θ1 is the colatitude (polar) angle of the rotated vector r1 and hence is the angle with the rotated vector r2, which lies along the z-axis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The angle θ1 is the colatitude (polar) angle of the rotated vector r1 and hence is the angle with the rotated vector r2, which lies along the z-axis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The spherical polar angles are the colatitude angle θ and the longitudinal (azimuthal) angle φ.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The spherical polar angles are the colatitude angle θ and the longitudinal (azimuthal) angle φ.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The angle θ1 is the colatitude (polar) angle of the rotated vector r1 and hence is the angle with the rotated vector r2, which lies along the z-axis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
fbharjo commented on the word colatitude
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January 7, 2009