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Abscissa

The $x$- (horizontal) coordinate of a point in a two dimensional coordinate system. Physicists and astronomers sometimes use the term to refer to the axis itself instead of the distance along it.

See also Axis, Ordinate, Real Line, x-Axis, y-Axis, z-Axis




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1999-05-25