Radial distance, typically denoted r or ρ (rho), is the distance from the origin to a point along the radial dimension in a:
Polar coordinate system
Spherical coordinate system
Cylindrical coordinate system
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Radialdistance, typically denoted r or ρ (rho), is the distance from the origin to a point along the radial dimension in a: Polar coordinate system Spherical...
reference direction is the polar axis. The distance from the pole is called the radial coordinate, radialdistance or simply radius, and the angle is called...
line Radius, adjective form of Radialdistance (geometry), a directional coordinate in a polar coordinate system Radial set A bearing from a waypoint,...
point in space is specified by three numbers, (r, θ, φ): the radialdistance of the radial line r connecting the point to the fixed point of origin (which...
{\displaystyle v={\sqrt {2\mu \over r}}} where: r {\displaystyle r} is the radialdistance of the orbiting body from the central body, μ {\displaystyle \mu }...
perpendicular to the longitudinal axis are called radial lines. The distance from the axis may be called the radialdistance or radius, while the angular coordinate...
or gyradius of a body about the axis of rotation is defined as the radialdistance to a point which would have a moment of inertia the same as the body's...
symmetric potential is a system of which the potential only depends on the radialdistance from the spherical center and a location in space. A particle in a...
line-of-sight (LOS) connecting the two points. The radial speed or range rate is the temporal rate of the distance or range between the two points. It is a signed...
defined by the point at which two radials from different VOR stations intersect, or by a VOR radial and a DME distance. This is the basic form of RNAV and...
In mathematics a radial basis function (RBF) is a real-valued function φ {\textstyle \varphi } whose value depends only on the distance between the input...
in hydraulic head) in an observation well. Drawdown decreases with radialdistance from the pumping well and drawdown increases with the length of time...
determines the line of sight direction to a target without determining the radialdistance. Multiple, sometimes overlapping and conflicting terms are employed...
inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line; also, the radialdistance between the pitch diameter and the outside diameter. Addendum angle...
vector is specified by a distance in the xy-plane, an angle, and a distance from the xy-plane (a height). The first distance, usually represented as r...
any fixed distance from the axis of rotation. However, tangential speed, unlike rotational speed, depends on radialdistance (the distance from the axis)...
of charge has electric potential (proportional to ln(r), with r the radialdistance from the line of charge) is continuous everywhere except on the line...
the outboard end in only a single degree of freedom, maintaining the radialdistance from the inboard mount. Although not deliberately free to move, the...
Polar distance (geometry), more correctly called radialdistance, typically denoted r, a coordinate in polar coordinate systems (r, θ) Polar distance (botany)...
orbital speeds of visible stars or gas in that galaxy versus their radialdistance from that galaxy's centre. It is typically rendered graphically as...
origin and pointing in the reference direction. The distance from the axis may be called the radialdistance or radius, while the angular coordinate is sometimes...
the orbital speed of the orbiting body, r {\displaystyle r\,} is the radialdistance of the orbiting body from the central body, ϕ {\displaystyle \phi \...
mathematics, a radial function is a real-valued function defined on a Euclidean space Rn whose value at each point depends only on the distance between that...
they create a magnetic field whose magnitude grows rapidly with the radialdistance from its longitudinal axis. This is used in particle beam focusing...
}}{{1} \over {1+\cos \theta }}} where: r {\displaystyle r\,} is the radialdistance of the orbiting body from the mass center of the central body, h {\displaystyle...
maximum angle that the converging waves make with the lens axis, r is radialdistance in the image plane, and wavenumber k = 2π/λ where λ = wavelength, then...
}}{\frac {q}{R}},} where q is the radialdistance from the observation point to the optical axis and R is its distance to the aperture. Note that the Airy...