Religion is an evil that can be cured by Cartesian knowledge.
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Cartesian
//kɑɹˈti.ʒən//
Synonyms for "cartesian" (9 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(3 words)
Related words (4)
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12 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- cartesià adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- cartesià adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Czech
2 entries- karteziánský adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- kartézský adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Danish
2 entries- kartesisk adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- kartesisk adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Dutch
2 entries- cartesisch adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- cartesisch adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Finnish
4 entries- karteesinen adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- karteesinen adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
- kartesiolainen adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- kartesiolainen noun (follower of Cartesianism)
French
1 entries- cartésien adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
German
4 entries- cartesianisch adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- cartesisch adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- kartesianisch adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- kartesisch adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
Greek
2 entries- καρτεσιανός adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- καρτεσιανός adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Hungarian
2 entries- Descartes-féle adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
- descartes-i adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
Italian
2 entries- cartesiano adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- cartesiano adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Latin
2 entries- Cartesiānus adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- Cartesiānus noun (follower of Cartesianism)
Macedonian
2 entries- де́картов adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- де́картов adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kartesisk adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kartesisk adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Persian
2 entries- دکارتی adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- دکارتی adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Polish
3 entries- kartezjański adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- kartezjański adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
- kartezjanin noun (follower of Cartesianism)
Portuguese
2 entries- cartesiano adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- cartesiano adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Russian
4 entries- дека́ртов adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- дека́ртовский adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- картезиа́нский adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- картезианец noun (follower of Cartesianism)
Spanish
2 entries- cartesiano adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- cartesiano adj (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes)
Tagalog
2 entries- kartesyano adj (of or pertaining to Descartes)
- kartesyano noun (follower of Cartesianism)
Sample sentences
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In the point (3, 5) on a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, 3 is the abscissa and 5 is the ordinate.
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A quadrilateral with all positive abscissas but all negative ordinates would fall into quadrant IV of the Cartesian coordinate plane.
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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.
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