Cartesian — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Of, or pertaining to, Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   Others within the Cartesian tradition took the idea of a light-bearing medium in quite different directions. For instance, in 1690 Christiaan Huygens considered light to be a sequence of pulses traveling at a finite velocity within the medium.

2. Of, or pertaining to, co-ordinates based on mutually orthogonal axes.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinonimi

   DescarteseanDescartesianDescarteanDescartian

Sostantivo

1. One who follows the philosophy of Cartesianism.

2. The Chartreux cat.

   Uso

   • raro

Aggettivo

1. of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works

   Esempi

   Cartesian linguistics

Sostantivo

1. a follower of Cartesian thought

   Termini più generali

   follower