Euler angle

== English == === Etymology === Named after Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783). === Noun === Euler angle (plural Euler angles) (geometry) 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. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Tait-Bryan angle === Further reading === Orientation (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Euler–Rodrigues formula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Euler angles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Rotation formalisms in three dimensions on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Quaternion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Quaternions and spatial rotation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Rotation matrix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia