Cartesian

See also: cartesian

English

Etymology

From the New Latin Cartesiānus, from Cartesius (“René Descartes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːɹ ˈtiːziən/
• IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈti.ʒən/

Adjective

Cartesian (not comparable)

1. 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
2. (mathematics, cartography) of, or pertaining to, co-ordinates based on mutually orthogonal axes

Derived terms

• Cartesian circle
• Cartesian coordinates
• Cartesian diver
• Cartesian doubt
• Cartesian grid
• Cartesian product
• Cartesian space

 

Translations

of or pertaining to Descartes

• Catalan: cartesià (ca)
• Czech: karteziánský m
• Danish: kartesisk
• Dutch: cartesisch
• Finnish: karteesinen
• French: cartésien (fr)
• German: kartesisch, cartesisch (de), cartesianisch (de), kartesianisch
• Greek: καρτεσιανός (el) m (kartesianós)
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• Italian: cartesiano (it)
• Latin: Cartesiānus (New Latin)
• Macedonian: де́картов m (dékartov)
• Persian: دکارتی (dekârti)
• Russian: дека́ртов (ru) (dɛkártov), дека́ртовский (ru) (dɛkártovskij), картезиа́нский (ru) (kartɛziánskij)
• Spanish: cartesiano (es)

of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes

• Catalan: cartesià (ca)
• Czech: kartézský (cs)
• Danish: kartesisk
• Dutch: cartesisch
• Finnish: karteesinen
• Greek: καρτεσιανός (el) m (kartesianós)
• Italian: cartesiano (it)
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• Macedonian: де́картов m (dékartov)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kartesisk

  Nynorsk: kartesisk

• Persian: دکارتی (dekârti)
• Spanish: cartesiano (es)

Noun

Cartesian (plural Cartesians)

1. one who follows the philosophy of Cartesianism

Translations

follower of Cartesianism

• Latin: Cartesiānus m (New Latin)
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Anagrams

• arsacetin, ascertain, craniates, intracase, sectarian