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Cartesian coordinate
noun
, Mathematics.
- Usually Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane Cartesian 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.
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Origin of Cartesian coordinate1
First recorded in 1885–90
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