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abscissa

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abscissa: see Cartesian coordinates Cartesian coordinates (kärtē`zhən)
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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 [ab′sis·ə]
(mathematics)
One of the coordinates of a two-dimensional coordinate system, usually the horizontal coordinate, denoted byx.

(mathematics)abscissa - The horizontal or x coordinate on an (x, y) graph; the input of a function against which the output is plotted.

The vertical or y coordinate is the "ordinate".

See Cartesian coordinates.


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