coordinate system

noun

mathematics

: a system of coordinates

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coordinate system

noun

: any of various systems for locating points with coordinates and coordinate axes

especially : one consisting of a plane in which points are located by pairs of coordinates each of which gives the distance of a point from one of two perpendicular axes