Word: Abscissa
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 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 participle of abscindere (see abscission)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əbˈsɪsə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(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.
Short Definition:(in system of coordinates) distance from point to vertical or y -axis
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