WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rectan′gular coor′dinates, [Math.]
  1. Mathematicsa coordinate system in which the axes meet at right angles. Also called rectan′gular coor′dinate sys′tem. 
  • 1860–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rectangular coordinates pl n
  1. the Cartesian coordinates in a system of mutually perpendicular axes
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