Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plane having all points described by Cartesian coordinates.
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- noun geometry : The
set of allpoints in aplanar coordinate system .
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- noun a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates
Etymologies
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From the name of the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes who is credited with developing the mathematics.
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