Definition:Angular Coordinate/Also known as

Angular Coordinate: Also known as

The angular coordinate in a system of polar coordinates is also known as the polar angle, or azimuth.

Other words that can be seen to mean the same thing are:

• amplitude
• anomaly
• vectorial angle
• inclination.

Beware the term azimuth, as it is used in astronomy in a similar but significantly different way, to mean the angle measured clockwise from north.

Sometimes south is used.

Sources

• 1933: D.M.Y. Sommerville: Analytical Conics (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$. Coordinates: $2$. Coordinates
• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): anomaly
• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): azimuth
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): anomaly
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): argument: 3.
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): azimuth: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): anomaly
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): argument: 4.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): azimuth: 1.