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English noun: Descartes

1. Descartes (person) 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)


SynonymsRene Descartes


Instance hypernymmathematician, philosopher









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