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COORDINATE SYSTEM

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system that uses coordinates to establish positionplay

Synonyms:

coordinate system; frame of reference; reference frame; reference system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("coordinate system" is a kind of...):

arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

Meronyms (parts of "coordinate system"):

coordinate axis (one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coordinate system"):

Cartesian coordinate system (a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system)

inertial frame; inertial reference frame (a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid)

space-time; space-time continuum (the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located)

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