abscissa

English

Etymology

From Latin abscissa, feminine of abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscindō (“cut off”). Related to abscind.

Pronunciation

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Noun

abscissa (plural abscissas or abscissae or abscissæ)

1. (geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes. The abscissa is also known as the "x" coordinate of a point, shown on the horizontal line, with the ordinate, also known as the "y" coordinate, shown on the vertical line.

   The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.

Synonyms

• absciss

See also

• Abscissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ordinate
• applicate

Translations

first of two coordinates

Bulgarian: абсциса (bg) (abstsísa) f. Catalan: abscissa f. Dutch: abscis (nl) f. Estonian: abstsiss French: abscisse (fr) f. German: Abszisse (de) f. Greek: τετμημένη (el) (tetmiméni) f. Indonesian: absis (id) Interlingua: abscissa Irish: Abscissa (ga) f.

Italian: ascissa (it) f. Persian: طول (fa) Polish: odcięta Portuguese: abscissa (pt) Romanian: abscisa (ro) f. Russian: абсцисса (ru) f. Spanish: abscisa (es) f. Swedish: abskissa (sv) c. Turkish: apsis (tr) Vietnamese: hoành độ (vi)

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Latin

Etymology

From abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscindō (“tear away”)

Noun

abscissa (genitive abscissae); f, first declension

1. (mathematics) abscissa.

Participle

abscissa

1. nominative feminine singular of abscissus
2. nominative neuter plural of abscissus
3. accusative neuter plural of abscissus
4. vocative feminine singular of abscissus
5. vocative neuter plural of abscissus

abscissā

1. ablative feminine singular of abscissus

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Alternative forms

• abskissa

Noun

abscissa c.

1. alternative spelling of abskissa: abscissa

Declension

Declension of abscissa

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abscissa	abscissan	abscissor	abscissorna
genitive	abscissas	abscissans	abscissors	abscissornas