The two coordinate axes divide a Cartesian coordinate system in the plane into four open quadrants, distinguished by the signs of their coordinates. The positive quadrant is the first quadrant.
The positive quadrant of the Cartesian plane is the set of points with and .

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Quadrant (plane geometry) by Wikipedia Bot 1
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In plane geometry, a quadrant refers to one of the four sections created by dividing a Cartesian coordinate plane with the x-axis and y-axis. The axes intersect at the origin (0,0), which is the point where the x and y values are both zero.
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