Cartesian

See also: cartesian

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɑːɹ ˈtiːziən/

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• (US) 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.
   • 2014, Peter Pesic, Music and the Making of Modern Science:

     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.

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

Synonyms

• Descartesean, Descartesian
• Descartean, Descartian

Derived terms

• bicartesian
• Cartesian circle
• Cartesian coordinates
• Cartesian diver
• Cartesian doubt
• Cartesian equation
• Cartesian grid
• Cartesian plane
• Cartesian product
• Cartesian space
• Cartesian square
• cocartesian

Translations

of or pertaining to Descartes

Catalan: cartesià (ca) Czech: karteziánský m Danish: kartesisk Dutch: cartesisch Finnish: karteesinen (fi), kartesiolainen (fi) French: cartésien (fr) German: kartesisch (de), cartesisch (de), cartesianisch (de), kartesianisch Greek: καρτεσιανός (el) m (kartesianós) Hungarian: descartes-i Italian: cartesiano (it) Latin: Cartesiānus (New Latin) Macedonian: де́картов m (dékartov) Persian: دکارتی (dekârti) Polish: kartezjański (pl) Portuguese: cartesiano (pt) Russian: дека́ртов (ru) (dɛkártov), дека́ртовский (ru) (dɛkártovskij), картезиа́нский (ru) (kartɛziánskij) Spanish: cartesiano (es) Tagalog: kartesyano

of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes

Catalan: cartesià (ca) Czech: kartézský (cs) Danish: kartesisk Dutch: cartesisch Finnish: karteesinen (fi) Greek: καρτεσιανός (el) m (kartesianós) Hungarian: Descartes-féle Italian: cartesiano (it) Macedonian: де́картов m (dékartov) Norwegian: Bokmål: kartesisk Nynorsk: kartesisk Persian: دکارتی (dekârti) Polish: kartezjański (pl) Portuguese: cartesiano (pt) Spanish: cartesiano (es)

Noun

Cartesian (plural Cartesians)

1. One who follows the philosophy of Cartesianism.
2. (rare) The Chartreux cat.

Translations

follower of Cartesianism

Finnish: kartesiolainen (fi) German: Kartesianer m, Cartesianer m Latin: Cartesiānus m (New Latin) Polish: kartezjanin m Russian: картезианец (ru) m (kartezianec) Tagalog: kartesyano

Anagrams

• intracase, craniates, ascertain, arsacetin, carinates, sectarian