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Cartesian coordinate

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. Usually Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane Cartesian plane by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cartesian coordinate1

First recorded in 1885–90

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