abscisseakse

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Et punkt i det Kartesiske kooridnatsystemet; x-aksen er abscisseaksen — A point in the Cartesian plane; x-axis is the abscissa axis.

Etymology

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abscisse +‎ akse, first part from Latin abscissa (linea) (cut (line)), from abscissus (torn off, cut off), perfect passive participle of abscindō (I tear away; divide), from both ab- (from, away from, off), from ab (from, away from, on, in), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from scindō (I cut, tear; divide), from Proto-Italic *skindō (to cut, tear, rend, separate), from Proto-Indo-European *skinédti ~ *skindénti (to be cutting off), from *skeyd- (to split, to divide) (with the infix *-né-), an extension of *skey- (to split, dissect) (Perhaps with *dʰeh₁- (to do, put, place)), from *sek- (to cut, cut off, sever). Last part from German Achse (axis, axle), from Middle High German ahse, from Old High German ahsa (axis, axle), from Proto-West Germanic *ahsu (axle), from Proto-Germanic *ahsō (axle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (axis, axle), from *h₂eǵ- (to drive).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abˈsɪsːəaksə/, /apˈsɪsːəaksə/
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  • Rhymes: -aksə
  • Hyphenation: ab‧scis‧se‧ak‧se

Noun

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abscisseakse m (definite singular abscisseaksen, indefinite plural abscisseakser, definite plural abscisseaksene)

  1. (geometry, mathematics) the x-axis in Cartesian coordinates
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