transcription, транскрипция: [ kɑ:ˈti:zjən ]
adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to R. Descartes, 17th-c. French philosopher and mathematician. --n. a follower of Descartes. øCartesian coordinates a system for locating a point by reference to its distance from two or three axes intersecting at right angles. øøCartesianism n. [mod.L Cartesianus f. Cartesius, name of Descartes]