cartesian coordinate
Cartesian coordinate system
A
Cartesian coordinate system is a
coordinate system that specifies each
point uniquely in a
plane by a pair of
numerical coordinates, which are the
signed distances to the point from two fixed
perpendicular directed lines, measured in the same
unit of length. Each reference line is called a
coordinate axis or just
axis of the system, and the point where they meet is its
origin, usually at ordered pair . The coordinates can also be defined as the positions of the
perpendicular projections of the point onto the two axes, expressed as signed distances from the origin.
cartesian coordinate
Noun
1. one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes
(hypernym) coordinate, co-ordinate
(hyponym) dimension
Cartesian Coordinates
Cartesian coordinates (x, y, or x, y, z; also known as rectangular coordinates) are directed distances from two (or three) perpendicular axes.
The location of a point in space is established by the corresponding coordinates on the X-and Y-axes (or X-, Y- , and Z-axes).
See also,
Polar Coordinates .
Cartesian coordinate