x coordinate
x coordinate
[′eks kō′ȯrd·ən·ət] (mathematics)
One of the coordinates of a point in a two- or three-dimensional cartesian coordinate system, equal to the directed distance of a point from the y axis in a two-dimensional system, or from the plane of the y and z axes in a three-dimensional system, measured along a line parallel to the x axis.
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