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Nov 28, 2009
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Car•te•sian



Pronunciation: (kär-tē'zhun), [key]
adj.
of or pertaining to Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, esp. with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.

n.
a follower of Cartesian thought.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

CarteretCartesian coordinates
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