Etymology

Euler angle

Today it means: Any one of three angles which together describe the orientation of a rigid body with respect to a fixed three-dimensional coordinate system, according to a formalism introduced by Leonhard Euler. Full definition →

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Named after Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783).

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