Cartesian coordinate

English

Alternative forms

• Cartesian coördinate
• Cartesian co-ordinate

Noun

Cartesian coordinate (plural Cartesian coordinates)

1. (geometry) 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.

Synonyms

• rectangular coordinates

Translations

the rectangular coordinates of a point

Dutch: cartesiaans assenstelsel n Finnish: karteesinen koordinaatti French: coordonnées cartésiennes (fr) Hungarian: Descartes koordináta Polish: współrzędna kartezjańska f Romanian: coordonată carteziană f Russian: дека́ртова координа́та f (dekártova koordináta) Spanish: coordenada cartesiana (es) Swedish: kartesisk koordinat c Tagalog: Dekarthing katayuwat (Cartesian coordinate), paritadlunging katayuwat (rectangular coordinate)

See also

• polar coordinates
• Wikipedia article on Cartesian coordinates
• Euclidian space