abscissa

Plural: abscissae, abscissas, abscissæ

Noun

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

Examples

• He precisely calculated the word’s position as if plotting its abscissa on a graph.
• The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.

Synonyms

absciss

Related Words

applicate, ordinate