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Noun: Cartesian coordinate
  1. One of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes

Derived forms: Cartesian coordinates

Type of: coordinate, co-ordinate

Encyclopedia: Cartesian coordinate