Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cartesian_coordinate_system

1 sense of cartesian coordinate system

Sense 1
Cartesian coordinate system -- (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)
       => coordinate system, frame of reference, reference system, reference frame -- (a system that uses coordinates to establish position)