English
Noun
Cartesian coordinates
- mathematics The coordinates of a point measured from an origin along a horizontal axis from left to right (the x-axis) and along a vertical axis from bottom to top (the y-axis). This can be extended to three-dimensions by the z-axis perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.
Synonyms
rectangular coordinates
Alternative spellings
Cartesian coördinate
Cartesian co-ordinate
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section
French: coordonnées cartésiennes
Hungarian: Descartes koordináta
Swedish: cartesisk koordinat c
See also
polar coordinates
w:Cartesian_coordinates|Wikipedia article on Cartesian coordinates
Euclidian space
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