Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cartesian

/kɑɹˈti.ʒən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: carte-sian
IPA: /kɑɹˈti.ʒən/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

adj

Of, or pertaining to, co-ordinates based on mutually orthogonal axes.

noun

One who follows the philosophy of Cartesianism.

noun

The Chartreux cat.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Cartesian.

Example Sentences

"Others within the Cartesian tradition took the idea of a light-bearing medium in quite different directions. For instance, in 1690 Christiaan Huygens considered light to be a sequence of pulses traveling at a finite velocity within the medium."
"Following the approach adopted in [2, 3], two orthogonal cartesian reference systems are considered: […]."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: Cartesiānus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɑɹˈti.ʒən/
British English: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈtiːziən/

Inflected Forms

Cartesians (plural)

Derived Forms

bicartesian cocartesian

Phrases

Cartesian circle Cartesian coordinates Cartesian diver Cartesian doubt Cartesian dualism Cartesian equation Cartesian grid Cartesian plane

Synonyms

Descartesean Descartesian Descartean Descartian

Rhymes With

indonesian cohesion tunisian adhesion lesion polynesian rhodesian artesian peloponnesian melanesian elysian frisian

Questions

How do you pronounce cartesian?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑɹˈti.ʒən/.
What does cartesian mean?: 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.
Where does cartesian come from?: From the New Latin Cartesiānus, from Cartesius (“René Descartes”).

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