Third-person singular simple present indicative form of put the cart before the horse

present participle of put the cart before the horse

(algebraic geometry) The coordinates of a point measured as its perpendicular distance to the right of a vertical axis (the y-axis) and its perpendicular distance above a horizontal axis (the x-axis).

(algebraic geometry) Euclidean distance.

(geometry) The coordinates of a point measured from an origin along a horizontal axis from left to right (the x-axis) and along a vertical axis from bottom to top (the y-axis). This can be extended to three-dimensions by the z-axis perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.

(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

(US) Alternative letter-case form of Cartesian distance

(mathematics) Euclidean space described by Cartesian coordinates.

Of, or pertaining to, Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.

One who follows the philosophy of Cartesianism.