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Cartesian coordinates

 
pronunciation:
kar ti zhn ku or d nihts
part of speech: plural noun
definition 1: a pair of coordinates for locating a point on a plane by its distances from two intersecting, usu. perpendicular lines.
definition 2: three coordinates that locate a point in space by its distances from three intersecting, mutually perpendicular planes.