cartesian_coordinate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *Cartesian coordinate*:
NOUN	cognition	Cartesian coordinate	one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively

EnglishCartesian coordinate: 1 sense noun 1, cognition
Meaning	One of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes.
Narrower	abscissa	The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
	dimension	One of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
	ordinate	The value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
Broader	coordinate, co-ordinate	A number that identifies a position relative to an axis

HyperDicEnglishCARTE ... Cartesian coordinate