abˈsisə, əb- noun
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of abscissus, past participle of abscindere — more at abscind
: the horizontal coordinate of a point in a plane Cartesian coordinate system obtained by measuring parallel to the x-axis — compare ordinate
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AP abscissa of point P
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