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Usually, cylindrical coordinates refers to the transformation

x = r cos(theta),

y = r sin(theta),

z = z,

although x, y, and z can be permuted. Cylindrical coordinates (r, theta, z) are very useful for describing three-dimensional objects whose cross-sections are easy to express in polar coordinates. Circular cylinders are a good example.

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