abscissa
noun
(in plane Cartesian coordinates) the x-coordinate of a point: its distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis.
abscissas
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pluralof abscissa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By the end of the day, the sand is crisscrossed with a mesh of ordinates, abscissas, curves to account for everything in nature.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
The preceding tables, in which the ordinates represent the number of correct reproductions and the abscissas the age, are interesting.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
Conversely, knowing the volumetric ratios, compression pressure can be read directly by proceeding from the scale of abscissas vertically to the curve and thence horizontally to the scale of ordinates.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
The areas of the wound are plotted as ordinates with the respective times of observation measured in days as abscissas.
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
In permeability curves the total magnetization of the given pieces of iron are plotted as abscissas, while the corresponding permeabilities are plotted as ordinates.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller
