Definition:Rectangular Coordinate System

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Definition

A rectangular coordinate system is a Cartesian coordinate system in which each of the coordinate axes are perpendicular to each other.


Also known as

A rectangular coordinate system is also known as an orthogonal coordinate system.

However, that term encompasses curvilinear coordinate systems, so is not encouraged in this context on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$.


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