cartesian
91Cartesian coordinates — n. coordinates that give positions relative to the X and Y axes (used to determine a point) …
92Cartesian coordinates — plural noun coordinates which locate a point in terms of its perpendicular distance from two (or three) mutually perpendicular axes …
93Cartesian coordinates — Carte′sian coor′dinates n. pl. math. a system of coordinates for locating a point on a 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. Comparex axis, y axis …
94Cartesian coordinate system — noun a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system • Hypernyms: ↑coordinate system, ↑frame of reference, ↑reference system, ↑reference frame …
95Cartesian product — noun the set of elements common to two or more sets the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things • Syn: ↑intersection, ↑product • Hypernyms: ↑set …
96Cartesian doubt — Philos. willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories …
97Cartesian space — Math. See Euclidean space …
98Neo-Cartesian — Philosophers and psychologists are described as being neo Cartesian if they posit mind stuff as being different from brain stuff and if they posit internal cognitive states as having causal powers. Some philosophers (e.g. Hubert Dreyfus) have… …
99post-Cartesian — adj. * * * …
100doubt, Cartesian — See method of doubt …