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abscissa
 abscissaThe coordinates for A are (4,3); the abscissa is 4 and the ordinate is 3.ab·scis·sa A0025000 (ăb-sĭs′ə)n. pl. ab·scis·sas or ab·scis·sae (-sĭs′ē) Symbol x The coordinate representing the position of a point along a line perpendicular to the y-axis in a plane Cartesian coordinate system.
[New Latin (līnea) abscissa, (line) cut off, from Latin abscissa, feminine past participle of abscindere, to abscise; see abscission.]abscissa (æbˈsɪsə) n, pl -scissas or -scissae (-ˈsɪsiː) (Mathematics) the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis. Also : absciss or abscisse Compare ordinate[C17: New Latin, originally linea abscissa a cut-off line]ab•scis•sa (æbˈsɪs ə)
n., pl. -scis•sas, -scis•sae (-ˈsɪs i) (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the x-coordinate of a point: its distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis. Compare ordinate. [1690–1700; < Latin, feminine of abscissus, past participle of abscindere to cut off =ab- ab- + scindere to divide, tear] ![]() abscissaThe coordinates for A are (4,3); the abscissa is 4.ab·scis·sa (ăb-sĭs′ə) The distance of a point from the y-axis on a graph in the Cartesian coordinate system. It is measured parallel to the x-axis. For example, a point having coordinates (2,3) has 2 as its abscissa. Compare ordinate.ordinate, abscissa - The ordinate or Y axis is vertical; the abscissa or X axis is horizontal.See also related terms for vertical.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  abscissa - the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axisCartesian coordinate - one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes |
Translationsabscissa
abscissa: see Cartesian coordinatesCartesian coordinates
[for René Descartes], system for representing the relative positions of points in a plane or in space. In a plane, the point P is specified by the pair of numbers (x,y
..... Click the link for more information. .abscissa[ab′sis·ə] (mathematics) One of the coordinates of a two-dimensional coordinate system, usually the horizontal coordinate, denoted by x. abscissa  abscissa: P, any point; NP, abscissa In the plane Cartesian coordinate system, the horizontal coordinate of a point on a plane; the x-coordinate, obtained by measuring the distance from the point to the y-axis along a line parallel to the x-axis.abscissa the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis abscissa (mathematics)The horizontal or x coordinate on an (x, y)graph; the input of a function against which the output isplotted.
The vertical or y coordinate is the "ordinate".
See Cartesian coordinates.abscissa
abscissa [ab-sis´ah] the horizontal line in a graph along which are plotted the units of one of the variables considered in the study, as time in a time-temperature study. The other line is called the ordinate. Axes of graph showing normal distribution curve.ab·scis·sa (ab-sis'ă), In a plane cartesian coordinate system, the horizontal axis (x). Compare: ordinate. [L. ab-scindo, pp. -scissus, to cut away from] ab·scis·sa (ab-sis'ă) In a plane cartesian coordinate system, the horizontal axis (x). [L. ab-scindo, pp. -scissus, to cut away from]abscissa
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