abscissa
pronunciation
How to pronounce abscissa in British English:
UK [æbˈsɪsə]
How to pronounce abscissa in American English:
US [æbˈsɪsə]
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- Noun:
- the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
Word Origin
- abscissa (n.)
- 1690s, from Latin abscissa (linea) "(a line) cut off," from fem. past participle of abscindere "to cut off," from ab- "off, away" (see ab-) + scindere "to cut" (see shed (v.)).
Example
- 1. Abscissa means the direction of west to east ; ordinate means the direction of south to north ; numerical means quadrat site .
- 2. Abscissa represents analyzing time of chromatogram and ordinate shows height of chromatogram peak ; the solvent peak is the first .