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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, a <b>spherical coordinate system</b> specifies a given point in <a href="page.php?w=three-dimensional_space">three-dimensional space</a> by using a distance and two angles as its three <a href="page.php?w=coordinate_system">coordinates</a>. These are</p>

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* the <b>radial distance</b> <b><i>' along the line connecting the point to a fixed point called the <a href="page.php?w=Origin_%28mathematics%29">origin</a>;<br/>
* the <b>polar angle</b> <b><i>' between this radial line and a given polar</i></b></i></b></p><p>
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