cartesian
81Cartesian plane — noun The set of all points in a planar coordinate system …
82Cartesian coordinate — noun 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 …
83Cartesian product — noun The set of all possible pairs of elements whose components are members of two sets. Notation: . Syn: direct product …
84Cartesian coordinates — noun The coordinates of a point measured as its perpendicular distance to the right of a vertical axis (the y axis) and its perpendicular distance above a horizontal axis (the x axis). Syn: rectangular coordinates …
85Cartesian circle — noun A supposed error in reasoning attributed to René Descartes. A form of circular argument …
86Cartesian distance — noun Euclidean distance …
87Cartesian circle — See method of doubt …
88Cartesian doubt — See method of doubt …
89Cartesian dualism — The view that mind and body are two separate substances; the self is as it happens associated with a particular body, but is self subsistent, and capable of independent existence …
90Cartesian ego — The self conceived as Descartes presents it in the first two Meditations : aware only of its own thoughts, and capable of disembodied existence, neither situated in a space nor surrounded by others. This is the pure self or ‘I’ that we are… …
