cartesian
IPA: kɑrtˈiʒʌn
Root Word: Cartesian
noun
- One who follows the philosophy of Cartesianism.
- (rare) The Chartreux cat.
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.
- (mathematics, cartography) Of, or pertaining to, co-ordinates based on mutually orthogonal axes.
- (mathematics) Alternative spelling of Cartesian [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.]
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Examples of "cartesian" in Sentences
- I'm no fan of Cartesian dualism.
- This is known as a cartesian product.
- Then the curve has Cartesian equation.
- He is known as a scholastic cartesian .
- Cartesian coordinates don't come into this.
- A relation is a subset of cartesian product.
- Cartesian coordinates of a regular tetrahedron.
- The Cartesian Other is the counterpart to the Cartesian Self.
- Cartesians viewed the mind as being wholly separate from the corporeal body.
- The derivation of the cartesian form for an ellipse is simple and instructive.