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cartesian coordinate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
carte-sian -co-or-di-nate
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The coordinates of a point measured from an origin along a horizontal axis from left to right (the x-axis) and along a vertical axis from bottom to top (the y-axis). This can be extended to three-dimensions by the z-axis perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.

Inflected Forms

Cartesian coordinates (plural) Cartesian (alternative) coördinate (alternative) co-ordinate (alternative)

Phrases

polar coordinates Euclidian space

Frequently Paired Words

polar coordinates Euclidian space

Synonyms

rectangular coordinates

Questions

What does cartesian coordinate mean?
The coordinates of a point measured from an origin along a horizontal axis from left to right (the x-axis) and along a vertical axis from bottom to top (the y-axis). This can be extended to three-dimensions by the z-axis perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.

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