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What is the name for the axis that "inclination angle" is measured from in spherical coordinates?

I keep trying to call it "polar axis", and the other axis from which the azimuth is measured, the "azimuthal axis". Is this correct?

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    To me, inclination is $\frac \pi 2-\theta$, that is, it is measured from the $xy$ plane and has a range of $[-90^{\circ },90^\circ ]$ as the people who use "inclination" also measure in degrees2012-05-09

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