Polar Diagram

A Polar diagram could refer to:

  • Radiation pattern, in antenna theory
  • Spherical coordinate system, the three-dimensional form of a polar response curve
  • In sailing, the relationship between forces on a sail and its angle to the wind.
  • graph which contrasts the sink rate of an aircraft with its horizontal speed (polar curve).

Famous quotes containing the words polar and/or diagram:

    “Professor Fate: My apologies. There’s a polar bear in our car.”
    —Arthur Ross. Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon)

    “If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.”
    —Doris Lessing (b. 1919)