cartesian

[Car*te·sian]

Of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works

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Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren'82 Descartes, or his philosophy.

Adjective
of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; "Cartesian linguistics"


a.
Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Rene Descartes, or his philosophy.

n.
An adherent of Descartes.


Cartesian

Car*te"sian , a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of Ren'82 Descartes: cf. F. cart'82sien.] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren'82 Descartes, or his philosophy.
The Cartesion argument for reality of matter.
Cartesian co'94rdinates (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'b7r'b7 = c, where r and r'b7 are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m'b7 and c are constant; -- used by Descartes.

Cartesian

Car*te"sian, n. An adherent of Descartes.

Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren'82 Descartes, or his philosophy.

An adherent of Descartes.

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