Carte
(Carte. ||Quarte) n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart.] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or
parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's
right breast.
Carte blanche
(||Carte` blanche") [F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card.] A
blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to
superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
Carte de visite
(||Carte" de vi*site`) pl. Cartes de visite [F.]
1. A visiting card.
2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
Cartel
(Car*tel") n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.]
1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm.
2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.]
He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.,
Sir W. Scott.
Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an
enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
Cartel
(Car"tel) v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
You shall cartel him.
B. Jonson.
Carter
(Cart"er) n.
1. A charioteer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; — also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.
Cartesian
(Car*te"sian) a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes: cf. F. cartésien.]
Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy.
The Cartesion argument for reality of matter.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Cartesian coördinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; — used in a system of representing
geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. — Cartesian devil, 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. — Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for
any point of the curve mr + m&primer&prime = c, where r and r&prime are the distances of the point
from the two foci and m, m&prime and c are constant; — used by Descartes.
Cartesian
(Car*te"sian), n. An adherent of Descartes.
Cartesianism
(Car*te"sian*ism), n. The philosophy of Descartes.
Carthaginian
(Car`tha*gin"i*an), a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. — n.
A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
