"unit circle" meaning in English

See unit circle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: unit circles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} unit circle (plural unit circles)
  1. A circle of radius 1. Translations (circle of radius 1): yksikköympyrä (Finnish), cercle unité [masculine] (French), Einheitskreis [masculine] (German), circonferenza unitaria [feminine] (Italian), enhetscirkel [common-gender] (Swedish), isahing bilog (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-unit_circle-en-noun-LlwDzx0r Disambiguation of 'circle of radius 1': 76 24
  2. (trigonometry, the unit circle) The circle of radius 1 with centre at the origin, used in defining trigonometric functions. Categories (topical): Trigonometry, Circle, Curves, One Translations (circle of radius 1 with centre at the origin, used in trigonometry): jednotková kružnice [feminine] (Czech), eenheidscirkel [masculine] (Dutch), yksikköympyrä (Finnish), cercle trigonométrique [masculine] (French), cercle unité [masculine] (French), Einheitskreis [masculine] (German), egységkör (Hungarian), circonferenza unitaria [feminine] (Italian), okrąg jednostkowy [masculine] (Polish), едини́чный круг (jediníčnyj krug) [masculine] (Russian), enhetscirkel [common-gender] (Swedish), isahing bilog (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-unit_circle-en-noun-pReiNjb2 Disambiguation of Circle: 41 59 Disambiguation of Curves: 31 69 Disambiguation of One: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 13 87 Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry Disambiguation of 'circle of radius 1 with centre at the origin, used in trigonometry': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: unit hyperbola, unit sphere

Inflected forms

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