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Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates [for René Descartes ], system for representing the relative positions of points in a plane or in space. In a plane, the point P is specified by the pair of numbers ( x,y ) representing the distances of the point from two intersecting straight lines, referred to as th... Read more
Melchior de Polignac
Melchior de Polignac , 1661-1742, French diplomat, churchman, and author, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As ambassador to Poland he directed (1697) the unsuccessful candidacy of François Louis de Conti for the Polish crown. He was one of the negotiators of the Peace of Utrecht (1713-1... Read more
tensor
tensor in mathematics, quantity that depends linearly on several vector variables and that varies covariantly with respect to some variables and contravariantly with respect to others when the coordinate axes are rotated (see Cartesian coordinates ). Tensors appear throughout mathematics, though... Read more
William Howard Gass
William Howard Gass 1924-, American author, b. Fargo, N.Dak., grad. Kenyon College, 1947; Ph.D. Cornell, 1954. In 1969 he became a professor of philosophy at Washington Univ., St. Louis. Rejecting traditional realism and interested in experimenting with the novel's form, he has been compared to She... Read more
Arnold Geulincx
Arnold Geulincx , 1624-69, Flemish Cartesian philosopher, b. Antwerp. One of the founders of occasionalism , his philosophy is characterized by a curious blending of rationalism and mysticism. Arguing that God is the sole active power, he denied any real interaction between finite things, which ser... Read more
algebraic geometry
algebraic geometry branch of geometry , based on analytic geometry , that is concerned with geometric objects (loci) defined by algebraic relations among their coordinates (see Cartesian coordinates ). In plane geometry an algebraic curve is the locus of all points satisfying the polynomial eq... Read more
Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard , 1884-1962, French philosopher. He held degrees in physics, mathematics, and philosophy and taught at Dijon (1930-40) and the Univ. of Paris (1940-54). Bachelard regarded knowing as a result of the interaction between reason and experience. He rejected the notion of the empirical w... Read more
René Descartes
René Descartes , Lat. Renatus Cartesius, 1596-1650, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, b. La Haye. Descartes' methodology was a major influence in the transition from medieval science and philosophy to the modern era. Life Descartes was educated in the Jesuit Colleg... Read more
Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche , 1638-1715, French philosopher. Malebranche's philosophy is a highly original synthesis of Cartesian and Augustinian thought. Its purpose was to reconcile the new science with Christian theology. Beginning with Descartes's dualism between mind and body, Malebranche developed a t... Read more
phenomenology
phenomenology modern school of philosophy founded by Edmund Husserl . Its influence extended throughout Europe and was particularly important to the early development of existentialism. Husserl attempted to develop a universal philosophic method, devoid of presuppositions, by focusing purely on ph... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Cartesian"

Cartesian coordinate plane
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Cartesian coordinate plane The Cartesian coordinate system is named after French mathematician and philosopher...mathematician and scholar, actually did more to develop the Cartesian system. To best understand the nature of the Cartesian plane...
Cartesian coordinates
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Cartesian coordinates System in which the position of a point is specified by its distances from intersecting lines (axes). In the simplest...
Cartesian philosophy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Cartesian philosophy see Descartes, René .
Domain
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...represents an element from the set Y, the Cartesian product of X and Y is the set of all...the sets X and Y is a subset of their Cartesian product, so the domain of the relation...men and Y is the set of all women. The Cartesian product of X and Y is the set of all...
Graphs and Graphing
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...rectangular coordinate system or the Cartesian coordinate system) for using points...pairs. Given any two sets X and Y, the Cartesian product (written X × Y) of...two sets X and Y, is a subset of their Cartesian product. To graph a relation, it is...
René Descartes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...after arriving in Sweden. Elements of Cartesian Philosophy It was with the intention...more direct followers of Descartes, the Cartesian philosophers, devoted themselves chiefly...the work of others, he originated the Cartesian coordinates and Cartesian curves; he...
Relation
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...call it A), and the second element KEY TERMS Cartesian product — The Cartesian product of two sets A and B is the set of all...second element from the set B is called the Cartesian product of the sets A and B, and is written...
Gabrielle-Emilie Marquise du Chatelet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...rejection of any mechanistic world view, Cartesian or Newtonian. French scientists, most of whom tacitly accepted the Cartesian scientific paradigm, found the marquise...offensive. For example, the eminent Cartesian physicist and mathematician Jean...
Certifications, Licensures, and Designations
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed. ...define profession in two ways — the Cartesian and the Socratic. The Cartesian view is developed by asking oneself the question...one's own belief in good order. Thus, the Cartesian "approach attempts to define professions by...
Cartesianism
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...universe The most prominent and perhaps defining thesis of the Cartesian philosophy is what has come to be called "mind-body dualism...distinct and separable from an underlying substance, how can the Cartesian philosophy account for the miracle of transubstantiation...

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Cartesian projection
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology Cartesian projection A mapping technique in which...three mutually perpendicular axes (the Cartesian coordinates of the point). These coordinates...representation (a map). The word ‘Cartesian’ is derived from the name...
Cartesian product
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing Cartesian product of two sets S and T . The set...R is just the set of points in the (Cartesian) plane or it can be regarded as the...concept can be extended to deal with the Cartesian product of n sets, S 1 , S 2 ,…...
Cartesian
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Cartesian of or relating to the ideas of the philosopher René Descartes...1650), deriving from Cartesius , the Latinized form of his name. Cartesian coordinates numbers which indicate the location of a point relative to...
Cartesian coordinates
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Cartesian coordinates A coordinate system in which the position of a point or object is given with reference to either two or three planes...
Cartesian coordinate system
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet Cartesian coordinate system A way of locating objects in either two- or three-dimensional space by specifying their X (horizontal) position...
Cartesian doubt
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Cartesian doubt: see DESCARTES, R.
Cartesian structure
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing Cartesian structure Any data structure where the number of elements is fixed and linearly ordered. The term is sometimes used as a synonym for record .
Cartesian dualism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Cartesian dualism: see DESCARTES, R.
Rohault, Jacques
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...he subsequently found his way into the Cartesian circle led by Clerselier, an avocat...Clerselier recruited his young tutor for the Cartesian school. As if to consolidate the association...x2019; s. He rapidly became the leading Cartesian practitioner of the scientific lecture...
Castel, Louis-Bertrand
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Newton ’ s ideas because the Cartesian rationalism that he tried to establish...attention of Fontenelle, the eminent Cartesian philosopher and scientist, who is credited...though Castel felt competent to refute Cartesian science, he never abandoned Descartes...

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GENOMIC SOLUTIONS TO ACQUIRE CARTESIAN TECHNOLOGIES.
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TMNG Global Acquires U.K. Consulting, Technology Firm Cartesian Limited.
PR Newswire; 12/28/2006; 700+ words ; ...definitive agreement to acquire the outstanding stock of Cartesian Limited ("Cartesian"), a United Kingdom-based software engineering...consideration of up to approximately $7.8 million should Cartesian meet certain revenue and earnings objectives during...
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Cartesian Technologies, Inc. and Zymark Corporation Announce Collaboration.
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Cartesian Gridspeed Opens Subsidiary Operation in North America.
PR Newswire; 8/21/2007; 700+ words ; ...search technology in North America, Cartesian Gridspeed, Ltd. announces the opening...genomics researchers worldwide. Now, Cartesian Gridspeed's patented sequence search...Through these new product releases, Cartesian Gridspeed overcomes these computational...