noun
a system that uses coordinates to establish position
• Syn: ↑frame of reference, ↑reference system, ↑reference frame
• Hypernyms: ↑arrangement, ↑organization, ↑organisation, ↑system
• Hyponyms: ↑Cartesian coordinate system, ↑inertial reference frame, ↑inertial frame, ↑space-time, ↑space-time continuum
• Part Meronyms: ↑coordinate axis
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noun mathematics : a system of coordinates
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Math.
any method that uses numbers to represent a point, line, or the like.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.