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:

    “In time your relatives will come to accept the idea that a career is as important to you as your family. Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt.”
    —Barbara Dale (b. 1940)

    ““God’s fire upon the wane,
    A diagram hung there instead,
    More women born than men.””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)