Cartesian — Английский словарь

Прилагательное

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.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (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.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

   Синонимы

   DescarteseanDescartesianDescarteanDescartian

Существительное

1. One who follows the philosophy of Cartesianism.

2. The Chartreux cat.

   Употребление

   • редкое

Прилагательное

1. of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works

   Примеры

   Cartesian linguistics

Существительное

1. a follower of Cartesian thought

   Более общие понятия

   follower