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descartes
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Noun descartes has 1 sense
- descartes(n = noun.person) rene descartes - French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650); Array is a kind of mathematician, philosopher
Derived form adjective cartesian1
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