{ . ‖ } n. [ F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart. ] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card. ] A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott.
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Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes: cf. F. cartésien. ] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cartesian coordinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. -- Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. -- Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m′r′ = c, where r and r′ are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m′ and c are constant; -- used by Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes
(n) 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
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