Cartesian
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- adjective
- /kɑrˈteɪ.ʒən/
- Specialized
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cartesiano
- So let's go ahead and put this vector on a Cartesian coordinate system.
- Cartesian coordinates
- Cartesian dualism
- Cartesian worldview
And that, he thinks, is a key aspect of this Cartesian mistake.
- And that, he thinks, is a key aspect of this Cartesian mistake.
- So you see how this is really centrally important to the entire Cartesian project.
- So today's talk for me is Cartesian Stoicism: Stoicism for the modern age.
- No, phase space is always thought of as Cartesian.
- It's hard to get there through first principle thinking or you know, from Euclid's Elements to Cartesian geometry.
- So I think the brain body, this Cartesian state of mind and thinking brought a lot of good, but also brought a lot of problems.
- So when doing this with a couple things we need to know about our Cartesian coordinate system.
- Now you can pull that one out and you can further slice it down again through the Cartesian coordinate process.
- That's what I mean by the most Cartesian coordinates at a point.
Examples
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A relation from S to T is a subset, which we'll call R of the Cartesian product of S with T.
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G&M code is based on a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.
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OK, what happens is, yes, they make a Cartesian plane.
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So I think the brain body, this Cartesian state of mind and thinking brought a lot of good, but also brought a lot of problems.
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You can take this Cartesian product of sample points.
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What are the Cartesian coordinates?
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We can use this formula because all triangles in our Cartesian coordinate system are right triangles.
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The three-dimensional Cartesian grid may be organized by absolute, relative, or polar coordinates.
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The authors argue against the mind-body dualism of Cartesian philosophy typically held to be true within a Western scientific context.
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In mathematics, the Cartesian coordinate system allows us to pinpoint locations using pairs of numbers.
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.3
A number that shows the position of a point on a graph, like the x or y value
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Two straight lines on a graph that cross at zero to show where points are
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A flat area with two crossing lines used to show points by x and y numbers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cartesian comes from the name of the French thinker René Descartes. He is known for the phrase 'I think, therefore I am' and for the x-and-y way of plotting points, so Cartesian means 'of Descartes' and refers to his philosophy or his coordinate system.