HyperDic: cartesian_coordinate

English > 1 sense of the expression Cartesian coordinate:
NOUNcognitionCartesian coordinateone 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
English > Cartesian coordinate: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningOne 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.
NarrowerabscissaThe value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
dimensionOne of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
ordinateThe value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
Broadercoordinate, co-ordinateA number that identifies a position relative to an axis

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