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  2. Quadrant (plane geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The four quadrants of a Cartesian coordinate system. The axes of a two-dimensional Cartesian system divide the plane into four infinite regions, called quadrants, each bounded by two half-axes. The axes themselves are, in general, not part of the respective quadrants.

  3. Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The quadrants may be named or numbered in various ways, but the quadrant where all coordinates are positive is usually called the first quadrant. If the coordinates of a point are (x, y), then its distances from the X-axis and from the Y-axis are | y | and | x |, respectively; where | · | denotes the absolute value of a number.

  4. Coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In the cylindrical coordinate system, a z-coordinate with the same meaning as in Cartesian coordinates is added to the r and θ polar coordinates giving a triple (r, θ, z). [8] Spherical coordinates take this a step further by converting the pair of cylindrical coordinates ( r , z ) to polar coordinates ( ρ , φ ) giving a triple ( ρ , θ ...

  5. Galactic quadrant - Wikipedia

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    Galactic quadrants (NGQ/SGQ, 1–4) indicated vis-a-vis Galactic poles (NGP/SGP), Galactic Plane (containing galactic centre) and Galactic Coordinates Plane (containing our sun) Constellations grouped in galactic quadrants (N/S, 1–4) - this image depicts as a hollow concave face Constellations grouped in galactic quadrants (N/S, 1–4) - their approx divisions vis-a-vis celestial quadrants ...

  6. List of common coordinate transformations - Wikipedia

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    Let (x, y, z) be the standard Cartesian coordinates, and (ρ, θ, φ) the spherical coordinates, with θ the angle measured away from the +Z axis (as , see conventions in spherical coordinates). As φ has a range of 360° the same considerations as in polar (2 dimensional) coordinates apply whenever an arctangent of it is taken. θ has a range ...

  7. Octant (solid geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal plane shows the four quadrants between x- and y-axis. (Vertex numbers are little-endian balanced ternary.) An octant in solid geometry is one of the eight divisions of a Euclidean three-dimensional coordinate system defined by the signs of the coordinates. It is analogous to the two-dimensional quadrant and the one-dimensional ...

  8. List of Star Trek regions of space - Wikipedia

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    According to StarTrek.com, "if the great plane of the galaxy is viewed as a clock face and the 6 o'clock position bisects the Sol system" [7] (when viewed from the galactic north pole), then the four fictional quadrants are as follows: Alpha Quadrant is the quarter appearing between 6 and 9 o'clock.

  9. Complex plane - Wikipedia

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    for example: z = 4 + 5i, where x and y are real numbers, and i is the imaginary unit. In this customary notation the complex number z corresponds to the point ( x , y ) in the Cartesian plane ; the point ( x , y ) can also be represented in polar coordinates with: