Descartes

Definition: Descartes

Descartes

Noun

1. 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).

Date "Descartes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Descartes

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
DESCARTES	English	Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems	N/A
DESCARTES	French	Mise au point et spécification de systèmes ADA intégrés et temps réel	N/A
DESCARTES	German	Fehlerbeseitigung und Spezifikation von in ADA-Echtzeit eingebetteten Systemen	Computing
DESCARTES	Italian	Messa a punto e specifica di sistemi ADA integrati ed in tempo reale	Computing
DESCARTES	Spanish	Depuración y especificación de sistemas en tiempo real incorporados para Ada	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Descartes

Synonym: Rene Descartes (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Descartes

English words defined with "Descartes": Cartesian, Cartesianism, Cartesion oval ♦ Newtonian philosophy ♦ Rene Descartes. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Descartes": Cartesian, Cartesian coordinates, Cartesian product ♦ Mental Hallucinations. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Descartes

Domain	Title
References	Descartes Systems Group Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Religion and the Enlightenment: From Descartes to Kant (reference) A History of Philosophy: Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Leibniz (reference) Descartes in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes) (reference) Geometry of Rene Descartes (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Rue Descartes (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Greatest Thinkers - Descartes (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Descartes [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	DESCARTES CONVERSION KIT 5.25 (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Image Slideshow: Descartes

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Photo Album: Descartes

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Duke on the Descartes.Credit: NASA.		Young and Rover on the Descartes.Credit: NASA.
	Driving on the Descartes.Credit: NASA.		René Descartes.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	René Descartes.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		René Descartes.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	R. Descartes / Peter Schenk del. C. Barth sc.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Descartes.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	René Descartes / After a painting by F. Hals.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Familiar Quotations: Descartes

Author	Quotation
Rene Descartes	I think therefore I am.
	It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
	Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
	The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.
	A state is better governed which has but few laws, and those laws strictly observed . . .
	The reading of all good books is like a conversation with all the finest men of past centuries.
René Descartes	Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
	But what is man? Shall I say a rational animal? Assuredly not. . . .
	To be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Use in Literature: Descartes

Title	Author	Quote
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I then desired the Governor to call up Descartes and Gassendi, with whom I prevailed to explain their systems to Aristotle.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Descartes

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum -- whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
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Usage Frequency: Descartes

"Descartes" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 74.74% of the time. "Descartes" is used about 194 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	74.74%	145	26,217
Noun (plural)	25.26%	49	48,677
Total	100.00%	194	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Descartes

Country	Name
Canada	Descartes Systems Group Inc
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Descartes

Expression using "Descartes": Rene Descartes. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Descartes

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
descartes	574	descartes system group	7
rene descartes	378	descartes meditation on first philosophy	7
descartes meditation	48	descartes system	7
descartes rené	40	descartes existence of god	7
descartes start	17	biografia de descartes	7
descartes philosopher	13	rene descartes philosophy	7
biografia de rene descartes	13	renee descartes	7
descartes renato	12	descartes folium	6
descartes philosophy	12	de descartes filosofia	6
descartes picture rene	12	descartes descartes.gif rené	6
descartes dualism	11	descartes quote rene	6
rene descartes biography	10	biografia descartes	5
descartes meditation summary	10	descartes meditation second	5
descartes quote	9	descartes first meditation philosophy rene	5
descartes biography	8	descartes mathematician rene	5
rene descartes meditation	8	descartes mathematician	5
descartes rule	8	descartes mathematics	5
descartes rule sign	8	body descartes mind	5
descartes error	8	descartes first meditation	5
rene descartes biografia	7	descartes jeux	5
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Modern Translations: Descartes

Language		Translations for "Descartes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems), fejlfinding og specifikation af tidstro indbyggede Ada-systemer (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

Dutch		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems), foutenopsporing in en specificatie van real-time ingebedde systemen in Ada (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

Finnish		sulautettujen tosiaikaisten Ada-järjestelmien virheenpoisto ja määrittely(DESCARTES) (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

French		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems), Mise au point et spécification de systèmes ADA intégrés et temps réel (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

German		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems), Fehlerbeseitigung und Spezifikation von in ADA-Echtzeit eingebetteten Systemen (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

Greek		διόρθωση λαθών και καθορισμός προδιαγραφών σε ένθετα συστήματα πραγματικού χρόνου σε ADA (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

Italian		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems), messa a punto e specifica di sistemi ADA integrati ed in tempo reale (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

Pig Latin		escartesday

Portuguese		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems), depuração e especificação de sistemas Ada integrados e em tempo real (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

Spanish		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems), depuración y especificación de sistemas en tiempo real incorporados para Ada (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)

Swedish		DESCARTES (Debugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Descartes

Misspellings
	"Descartes" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: D'escures, desmarets. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Descartes

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-r-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: asserted, caressed, cateress, cerastes.
	-2 letters: actress, casters, catered, cerated, cerates, creased, creases, created, creates, cresset, crested, dearest, decares, derates, deserts, dessert, easters, ecartes, ectases, reacted, recasts, redacts, redates, reseats, resects, resedas, scarted, screeds, searest, seaters, secrets, sedater, sedates, teasers, tessera, tressed.
	-3 letters: aretes, assert, asters, cadets, cadres, caress, carets, carses, carted, cartes, caster.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-r-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: desecrates, reductases.
	+2 letters: coatdresses, desecraters, desecrators.
	+3 letters: contredanses, desecrations, resuscitated.
	+4 letters: deconsecrates, disenchanters.
	+5 letters: abstractedness, celebratedness, coordinateness, credentialisms, creditableness, decorativeness, disrespectable, endocarditises, farfetchedness, preadolescents, reconsolidates, transcendences.
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