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abscissa

Noun CEFR B2
æbˈsɪs.ə

Definitions

  1. The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
  2. The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.

Equivalents

Españolabscisa
Françaisabscisse
DeutschAbszisseRechtsachse
25 more languages
العربيةالإحداثيّ السّينيّ
Българскиабсцисаабсци́сна ос
Bosanskiapscisaапсциса
Ελληνικάσυντεταγμένητετμημένη
فارسیطول
Suomiabskissa
Gaeilgeaibsíse
Hrvatskiapscisaапсциса
Magyarabszcissza
Bahasa Indonesiaabsis
Italianoascissa
日本語横座標横軸
Latinaabscissa
Bahasa Melayuabsisa
Nederlandsabscis
Polskiabscysaodcięta
Portuguêsabcissaabscissa
Românăabscisă
Русскийабсцисса
Српскиapscisaапсциса
Svenskaabscissaabskissa
Tagaloghigawat
Türkçeapsis
Українськаабсциса
Tiếng Việthoành độ

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Abscissae Abscissas abscissin abscissio infiniti abscission abscission layer

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