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

See also

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