The meaning of Abscissa
Abscissa – definition
noun(in a system of coordinates) the distance from a point to the vertical or y -axis, measured parallel to the horizontal or x -axis; the x -coordinate.
noun(in a system of coordinates) the distance from a point to the vertical or y-axis, measured parallel to the horizontal or x-axis; the x-coordinate.
Usage examples:
Open and closed time histograms were plotted using a logarithmic abscissa and a square root ordinat…
nounThe first number in a pair; a number on an x-axis (= line) that shows the coordinate (= place along that line) of a point
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Word origin
early 17th century (denoting the part of a line between a point on it and the point of intersection with an ordinate): from modern Latin abscissa (linea) ‘cut-off (line)’, feminine past parti
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