a system of representing points in space in terms of their distance from a given origin measured along a set of mutually perpendicular axes. Written (x,y,z) with reference to three axes
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Carte′sian coor′dinates, [Math.]
- Mathematicsa system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Carte′sian 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.
- 1885–90
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'Cartesian coordinates' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
X, x
- Y, y
- Z, z
- abscissa
- coordinate
- ordered pair
- ordinate
- polar coordinates
- rectangular coordinates
- scatter diagram
- slope