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• Cartesian coordinates — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ a coordinate system using two (or three) mutually perpendicular axes …   English terms dictionary

• Cartesian coordinate system — Illustration of a Cartesian coordinate plane. Four points are marked and labeled with their coordinates: (2, 3) in green, (−3, 1) in red, (−1.5, −2.5) in blue, and the origin (0, 0) in purple. A Cartesian coordinate system specifies each point… …   Wikipedia

• Cartesian coordinates — Coordinate Co*[ o]r di*nate, n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance. [1913 Webster] It has neither co[ o]rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cartesian coordinates — Coordinate Co*[ o]r di*nate, n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance. [1913 Webster] It has neither co[ o]rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cartesian skyscraper — The Cartesian sky scraper, designed by Le Corbusier in 1938, is a type of tower building known for its modern and rational design. This type of modern administration building has its source in the first sketches for the Pavillon de L Esprit… …   Wikipedia

• Cartesian coordinate — noun one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes •… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cartesian coordinate robot — A cartesian coordinate robot (also called linear robot) is an industrial robot whose three principal axes of control are linear (i.e. they move in a straight line rather than rotate) and are at right angles to each other. Among other advantages,… …   Wikipedia

• cartesian coordinate — /kaˌtiʒən koʊˈɔdənət/ (say kah.teezhuhn koh awduhnuht) noun Mathematics one of the set of numbers that locate a point in a rectilinear two dimensional (or three dimensional) system, defined by the perpendicular distances of the point from two (or …  

• Cartesian — adj. & n. adj. of or relating to R. Descartes, 17th c. French philosopher and mathematician. n. a follower of Descartes. Phrases and idioms: Cartesian coordinates a system for locating a point by reference to its distance from two or three axes… …   Useful english dictionary

• axes of coordinates — ˈakˌsēz 1. : two intersecting straight lines used as reference lines in plane Cartesian geometry 2. : the three straight lines having a common point that are the intersections of the three coordinate planes of reference in three dimensional… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cartesian coordinate — noun Date: 1887 1. either of two coordinates that locate a point on a plane and measure its distance from either of two intersecting straight line axes along a line parallel to the other axis 2. any of three coordinates that locate a point in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary