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1. (n.) abscissa
(in plane Cartesian coordinates) the x-coordinate of a point: its distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis.
Etymology: (1690–1700; < L, fem. of abscissus, ptp. of abscindere to cut off =ab-ab-+scindere to divide, tear)
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1. (noun) abscissa
the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
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1. (noun) Abscissa
one of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes
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