cartesian coordinate system

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   a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system

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Questions about cartesian coordinate system

What does cartesian coordinate system mean?

cartesian coordinate system means "a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system".

Is cartesian coordinate system a common word?

cartesian coordinate system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.