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abscissa
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
abscissa see Cartesian coordinates .
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abscissa
...scis·sae / -ˈsisē / or -scis·sas ) Math. (in a system of coordinates) the x -coordinate, the distance from a point to the vertical or y -axis measured parallel to the horizontal or x -axis. Compare with ordinate . abscissa
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...x2013; two axes are used at right angles: x and y . The position of a point is then given by a pair of numbers ( x , y ). The abscissa, x , is the point's distance from the y axis, measured in the direction of the x axis, and the ordinate, y , is the distance...
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