Part 1668

<h1>Cartesian</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*te"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From Renatus <ets>Cartesius</ets>, Latinized from of Ren\'82 <ets>Descartes</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cart\'82sien</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren\'82 Descartes, or his philosophy.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>Cartesion</b> argument for reality of matter. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Cartesian co\'94rdinates</col> <fld>(Geom)</fld>, <cd>distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes.</cd> -- <col>Cartesian devil</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Cartesion oval</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a curve such that, for any point of the curve <mathex>mr + m\'b7r\'b7 = c</mathex>, where <i>r<i> and <i>r\'b7<i> are the distances of the point from the two foci and <i>m<i>, <i>m\'b7<i> and <i>c<i> are constant; -- used by Descartes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cartesian</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*te"sian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An adherent of Descartes.</def>

<h1>Cartesianism</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*te"sian*ism</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The philosophy of Descartes.</def>

<h1>Carthaginian</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car`tha*gin"i*an</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Carthage.</def></def2>

<h1>Carthamin</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"tha*min</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or <i>Carthamus tinctorius</i>.</def>

<h1>Carthusian</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*thu"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>Cartusianus</ets>, <ets>Cartusiensis</ets>, from the town of <ets>Chartreuse</ets>, in France.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.</def>

<h1>Carthusian</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*thu"sian</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the Carthusian.</def>

<h1>Cartilage</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ti*lage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cartilago</ets>; cf. F. <ets>cartilage</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Cartilage</i> contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See <i>Illust</i> under <er>Duplication</er>.</note>

<cs><col>Articular cartilage</col>, <cd>cartilage that lines the joints.</cd> -- <col>Cartilage bone</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.</cd> -- <col>Costal cartilage</col>, <cd>cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Thorax</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cartilagineous</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car`ti*la*gin"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cartilageneus</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Cartilaginous</er>.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Cartilaginification</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ti*la*gin`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cartilago</ets>, <ets>-laginis</ets>, cartilage + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The act or process of forming cartilage.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Cartilaginous</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car`ti*lag"i*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cartilaginosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cartilagineux</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.</def>