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cartage
nounC1
/ˈkɑː.tɪdʒ/The act or cost of transporting goods by cart or lorry.
cartagena
nounMedium-Low
/ˌkɑːtəˈheɪnə/A place name referring to a major port city in southeastern Spain or its namesake cities in Colombia, Chile, or other locations.
carte
nounC2
/kɑːt/a piece of paper or card printed with information, especially a menu in a restaurant.
carte blanche
nounLow
/ˌkɑːt ˈblɑːnʃ/Complete freedom or authority to act as one thinks best.
carte du jour
nounLow
/ˌkɑːt də ˈʒʊə/The menu of dishes available at a restaurant on a particular day, as distinct from the standard, permanent menu.
cartel
nounC1
/kɑːˈtel/An association of independent businesses formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods or services, effectively acting as a monopoly.
cartelist
adjectivenounC2
/kɑːˈtɛlɪst/A person who belongs to or supports a cartel; an advocate of cartelization.
cartelize
verbverb-ambitransitiveC2
/ˈkɑː.tə.laɪz/To form or join a cartel, i.e., an association of independent businesses formed to regulate production, pricing, or marketing of a product.
carter
nounC1
/ˈkɑː.tər/A person whose job is to transport goods by cart or wagon.
carteret
nounRare/Historical
/ˈkɑː.tə.ret/A proprietary colonial grant of land.
cartesian
adjectivenounC2
/kɑːˈtiːziən/Relating to the philosophy, mathematics, or methods of René Descartes, especially the idea of separating mind from matter and establishing knowledge through systematic doubt.
cartesian coordinate
nounC2
/kɑːˌtiːziən kəʊˈɔːdɪnət/A pair or set of numbers (x, y, etc.) that determines the location of a point on a plane or in space, measured from fixed perpendicular axes.
cartesian coordinates
plural-nounC2
/kɑːˌtiːziən kəʊˈɔːdɪnəts/A system for specifying points in a plane or space using ordered pairs or triples of numbers representing distances from perpendicular axes.
cartesian diver
nounLow
/kɑːˌtiːziən ˈdaɪvə/A classic physics demonstration device consisting of a small hollow object (often a dropper or miniature bottle) that floats or sinks in a sealed water-filled container when pressure is applied to the container's flexible surface.
cartesian doubt
nounC2
/kɑːˌtiː.zi.ən ˈdaʊt/The methodological philosophical principle, originating with René Descartes, of doubting the truth of all one's beliefs, sensory information, and reasoning, until they can be proven with absolute certainty.
cartesian product
nounC2
/kɑːˌtiː.zi.ən ˈprɒd.ʌkt/In set theory, a mathematical operation that, given two or more sets, returns a set of all possible ordered pairs (or tuples) where the first element comes from the first set and the second from the second set, and so on.
cartesian space
nounC2
/kɑːˌtiːziən ˈspeɪs/A mathematical concept referring to a coordinate system where each point is uniquely identified by a set of numbers (coordinates), named after René Descartes.
cartful
nounLow
/ˈkɑːtfʊl/An amount that fills a cart; as much as a cart can carry.
carthage
nounC2
/ˈkɑː.θɪdʒ/An ancient city-state and civilization in North Africa (modern-day Tunisia), founded by Phoenicians, which became a major commercial and military rival to the Roman Republic.
carthaginian
adjectivenounLow (C2 Level / Specialised Historical Term)
/ˌkɑːθəˈdʒɪnɪən/Relating to the ancient city of Carthage, its people, its empire, or its culture.

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