homogeneous coordinate

noun

Any one of a set of n + 1 coordinates which non-uniquely identify a point in an n-dimensional projective space; when such coordinates are all multiplied by the same scalar, then the set of them still identifies the same point.

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Meanings

nounhomogeneous coordinate (plural homogeneous coordinates)

plural homogeneous coordinates

  1. geometryAny one of a set of n + 1 coordinates which non-uniquely identify a point in an n-dimensional projective space; when such coordinates are all multiplied by the same scalar, then the set of them still identifies the same point.
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