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  2. Vertical and horizontal - Wikipedia

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    The word horizontal is derived from the Latin horizon, which derives from the Greek ὁρῐ́ζων, meaning 'separating' or 'marking a boundary'. [2] The word vertical is derived from the late Latin verticalis, which is from the same root as vertex, meaning 'highest point' or more literally the 'turning point' such as in a whirlpool.

  3. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Equivalence class: given an equivalence relation, [] often denotes the equivalence class of the element x. 3. Integral part : if x is a real number , [ x ] {\displaystyle [x]} often denotes the integral part or truncation of x , that is, the integer obtained by removing all digits after the decimal mark .

  4. Abscissa and ordinate - Wikipedia

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    For any point, the abscissa is the first value (x coordinate), and the ordinate is the second value (y coordinate). In mathematics, the abscissa (/ æ b ˈ s ɪ s. ə /; plural abscissae or abscissas) and the ordinate are respectively the first and second coordinate of a point in a Cartesian coordinate system: [1] [2]

  5. Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The equation of a circle is (x − a) 2 + (y − b) 2 = r 2 where a and b are the coordinates of the center (a, b) and r is the radius. Cartesian coordinates are named for René Descartes, whose invention of them in the 17th century revolutionized mathematics by allowing the expression of problems of geometry in terms of algebra and calculus.

  6. Translation (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    A vertical translation means composing the function ⁠ + ⁠ with f, for some constant b, resulting in a graph consisting of the points ⁠ (, +) ⁠. Each point ⁠ ( x , y ) {\displaystyle (x,y)} ⁠ of the original graph corresponds to the point ⁠ ( x , y + b ) {\displaystyle (x,y+b)} ⁠ in the new graph, which pictorially results in a ...

  7. Linear equation - Wikipedia

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    Vertical line of equation x = a Horizontal line of equation y = b. Each solution (x, y) of a linear equation + + = may be viewed as the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the Euclidean plane. With this interpretation, all solutions of the equation form a line, provided that a and b are not both zero. Conversely, every line is the set of all ...

  8. Orientation (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Changing orientation of a rigid body is the same as rotating the axes of a reference frame attached to it.. In geometry, the orientation, attitude, bearing, direction, or angular position of an object – such as a line, plane or rigid body – is part of the description of how it is placed in the space it occupies. [1]

  9. Position (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The vector of coordinates forms the coordinate vector or n-tuple (x 1, x 2, …, x n). Each coordinate x i may be parameterized a number of parameters t. One parameter x i (t) would describe a curved 1D path, two parameters x i (t 1, t 2) describes a curved 2D surface, three x i (t 1, t 2, t 3) describes a curved 3D volume of space, and so on.