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coordinate origin
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point in a Euclidean space used as a reference for geometric measurements of surrounding space
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Vinony's link graph records 236 inbound references to coordinate origin, and connects out to coordinate system, mathematics and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under the topic Elementary mathematics.
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- Instance of
- point
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- affine space
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Encyclopedic overview
The origin of a Cartesian coordinate system
In mathematics, the origin of a Euclidean space is a special point, usually denoted by the letter O, used as a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “coordinate origin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.