Abscissa

Word ABSCISSA
Character 8
Hyphenation ab scis sa
Pronunciations /æbˈsɪs.ə/

Definitions and meanings of "Abscissa"

What do we mean by abscissa?

The coordinate representing the position of a point along a line perpendicular to the y-axis in a plane Cartesian coordinate system. noun

In mathematics: In the conic sections, that part of a transverse axis which lies between its vertex and a perpendicular ordinate to it from a given point of the conic. Thus (fig. 1), in the parabola PAC, AM, the part of the axis AB cut off by the ordinate PM, is the abscissa of the point P. In the system of Cartesian coördinates, a certain line used in determining the position of a point in a plane. noun

One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes. noun

The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis noun

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.

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The word "abscissa" in example sentences

The curve also applies if the abscissa is changed to ‘Amount in Savings’. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The independent - variable coordinate (usually x) of a point on the Cartesian plane is called the abscissa, and the dependent-variable coordinate (usually y) is called the ordi - nate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One such event is shown on the picture on the right: they infer that an air shower passed through the detector by observing The number of muons seen underground is an excellent estimator of the energy of the primary cosmic ray, as the Kascade collaboration result shown on the left shows (on the abscissa is the logarithm of the energy of the primary cosmic ray, and on the y axis the number of muons per square meter measured by the detector). ❋ Unknown (2009)

When you say “abscissa” your mouth opens sideways. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The problem with matter is that it has dimensions and that the particles are not exactly on the same distance along the curvilinear abscissa within the gravitational field. we will try to mimic a situation where there is no influence on this horizontal plane. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Recently a Lovely new idea has arisen, that global cooling always occurs where Al Gore speaks, since Al usually speaks all over this planet and not too often from L3, this at least the abscissa seems reasonable. ❋ EliRabett (2008)

The line in the figure represents a distribution, with the abscissa representing “policy” or some aspect of a policy on a numerical scale. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When reading the mathematical psychology textbook, I was puzzled by the fact that all the choice problems were described in terms of gains and losses (actually, almost always gains), whereas the utility functions that were supposed to explain the choices were drawn with wealth as the abscissa. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The raw rock mountains shadowed in the late sun and to the east the shimmering abscissa of the desert plains under a sky where raincurtains hung dark as soot all along the quadrant. ❋ McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- (2005)

Porrò ipsum Paradisi locum audiui à tribus plagis, orientali, meridionali, et septentrionali, inaccessibilem tam hominibus quàm bestijs, eo quòd apparet ripis perpendiculariter abscissa, tanquam inestimabilis altitudinis. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Porr� ipsum Paradisi locum audiui � tribus plagis, orientali, meridionali, et septentrionali, inaccessibilem tam hominibus qu鄊 bestijs, eo qu騞 apparet ripis perpendiculariter abscissa, tanquam inestimabilis altitudinis. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The abscissa of the graph was ticked off in microseconds. ❋ Unknown (2003)

(MC), expressed in percentage by weight, on the abscissa. ❋ Unknown (1995)

This p′n (z) — that is, the function that gives to every abscissa z the ordinate p′n (z) — has a maximum at a point zm, called the mode and zm is equal to or very close to q. ❋ HILDA GEIRINGER (1968)

From the Z values thus obtained taken as the ordinate, and the temperature of each experiment as the abscissa, curves were plotted out embodying the results, examples of which are given below. ❋ Various (N/A)

This value of the incandescence lamp I can use as an ordinate to a curve, the scale number which marks the position of the color in the spectrum being the abscissa. ❋ Various (N/A)

_P_ {h} _ = the horizontal pressure at any abscissa (10), Fig. 2, = _A_ {10} _ at depth of water _D_ {W1} _ is ❋ J. C. Meem (N/A)

In Mr. R E. Froude's paper last year there was a form of this curve, with an arbitrary abscissa scale for the slip, devised to illustrate in one diagram the wide conditions covered by his experiments. ❋ Various (N/A)

In the screws now under consideration, the values of the pitch/diameter vary only from 1.2 to 1.34, and for these the abscissa values for the same slips do not differ much. ❋ Various (N/A)

The measured lengths are marked off on ordinates erected on an abscissa, along which the times are noted. ❋ Various (N/A)

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