CARTESIAN


Meaning of CARTESIAN in English

adj. & n.

adj. of or relating to R. Descartes, 17th-c. French philosopher and mathematician.

n. a follower of Descartes. Cartesian coordinates a system for locating a point by reference to its distance from two or three axes intersecting at right angles. Cartesianism n.

[ mod.L Cartesianus f. Cartesius, name of Descartes ]

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