Definition of Cartesian plane

1. Noun. A plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates.

Generic synonyms: Plane, Sheet

Definition of Cartesian plane

1. Noun. (geometry): The set of all points in a planar coordinate system. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartesian Plane

cartelizations
cartelize
cartelized
cartelizes
cartelizing
cartels
carteolol
carter
carters
cartes
cartes blanches
cartesian
cartesian coordinate
cartesian coordinate system
cartesian nomogram
cartesian plane (current term)
cartesian product
cartful
cartfuls
carthamin
carthamus
carthorse
carthorses
carticaine
cartilage
cartilage-hair hypoplasia
cartilage bone
cartilage capsule
cartilage cell
cartilage knife

Literary usage of Cartesian plane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curriculum for American Students: James Madison Elementary School by William J. Bennett (1993)
"The cartesian plane is introduced and used to solve problems of location and ... In context of the cartesian plane, students learn ideas about functions, ..."

2. Higher Geometry: An Introduction to Advanced Methods in Analytic Geometry by Frederick Shenstone Woods (1922)
"These equations will determine a single point on the cartesian plane unless x2 = xs = xt = 0. In this case t = 0 and the ratio x: y is indeterminate. ..."

3. Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry by William Fogg Osgood, William Caspar Graustein (1921)
"Given the point (2, 3) in the cartesian plane. The polar coordinates of a point P, referred to (2, 3) as pole and to the directed line through (2, ..."

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