Cartesian
- Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.
- Adjective. (context, mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, co-ordinates based on mutually orthogonal axes.
- Adjective. (alternative spelling of, Cartesian) .
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