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Cartesian

Cartesian Meaning & Definition
Cartesian Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cartesian?

[adj] of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; "Cartesian linguistics"

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Cartesian In Webster's Dictionary

\Car*te"sian\, a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of Ren['e] Descartes: cf. F. cart['e]sien.] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren['e] Descartes, or his philosophy. The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. --Sir W. Hamilton. {Cartesian co["o]rdinates} (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. {Cartesian devil}, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. {Cartesion oval} (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m'r' = c, where r and r' are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m' and c are constant; -- used by Descartes.
\Car*te"sian\, n. An adherent of Descartes.

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