Cartesian coordinate

English Alternative forms en Cartesian coördinate en Cartesian co-ordinate Noun en 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 en rectangular coordinates Translations the rectangular coordinates of a point Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 笛卡爾坐標系 Díkǎěr zuòbiāoxì Dutch: nl cartesiaans assenstelsel n Finnish: fi karteesinen koordinaatti French: fr coordonnées cartésiennes Hungarian: hu Descartes koordináta Polish: pl współrzędna kartezjańska f Romanian: ro coordonată carteziană f Russian: ru дека́ртова координа́та f Spanish: es coordenada cartesiana Swedish: sv kartesisk koordinat c Tagalog: tl Dekarthing katayuwat (Cartesian coordinate), tl paritadlunging katayuwat (rectangular coordinate) See also en polar coordinates Wikipedia article on Cartesian coordinates en Euclidian space en eponyms