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CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cartesian coordinate system mean?
• CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM (noun)
The noun CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system
Familiarity information: CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Cartesian coordinate system" is a kind of...):
coordinate system; frame of reference; reference frame; reference system (a system that uses coordinates to establish position)
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