Cartesian coordinate

noun Mathematics.

Usually Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Cartesian plane) by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.
Compare rectangular coordinate.

Origin of Cartesian coordinate

First recorded in 1885–90

British Dictionary definitions for cartesian coordinates

Cartesian coordinates

pl n

a system of representing points in space in terms of their distance from a given origin measured along a set of mutually perpendicular axes. Written (x,y,z) with reference to three axes