coordinate system

Other forms: coordinate systems

Definitions of coordinate system

1. noun

   a system that uses coordinates to establish position
   synonyms: frame of reference, reference frame, reference system

   types:

   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

   type of:

   arrangement, organisation, organization, system

   an organized structure for arranging or classifying