In the point (3, 5) on a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, 3 is the abscissa and 5 is the ordinate.
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Abscissa
//æbˈsɪs.ə//
Synonyms for "abscissa" (9 found)
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45 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- աբսցիս noun (first of two coordinates)
Bulgarian
3 entries- абсци́са noun (first of two coordinates)
- абсци́са noun (horizontal axis)
- абсци́сна ос noun (horizontal axis)
Catalan
1 entries- abscissa noun (first of two coordinates)
Cebuano
1 entries- handaganós noun (first of two coordinates)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 橫坐標 /横坐标 noun (first of two coordinates)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 橫坐標 /横坐标 noun (first of two coordinates)
Czech
1 entries- abscisa noun (first of two coordinates)
Dutch
1 entries- abscis noun (first of two coordinates)
Estonian
1 entries- abstsiss noun (first of two coordinates)
Finnish
1 entries- abskissa noun (first of two coordinates)
French
1 entries- abscisse noun (first of two coordinates)
Georgian
1 entries- აბსცისა noun (first of two coordinates)
German
2 entries- Abszisse noun (first of two coordinates)
- Rechtsachse noun (horizontal axis)
Greek
1 entries- τετμημένη noun (first of two coordinates)
Hungarian
1 entries- abszcissza noun (first of two coordinates)
Ido
1 entries- abciso noun (first of two coordinates)
Indonesian
2 entries- absis noun (first of two coordinates)
- absis noun (horizontal axis)
Interlingua
1 entries- abscissa noun (first of two coordinates)
Irish
1 entries- aibsíse noun (first of two coordinates)
Italian
1 entries- ascissa noun (first of two coordinates)
Japanese
2 entries- 横座標 noun (first of two coordinates)
- 横軸 noun (horizontal axis)
Malay
2 entries- absisa noun (first of two coordinates)
- absisa noun (horizontal axis)
Northern Sami
1 entries- abskisˈsa noun (first of two coordinates)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- abscisse noun (first of two coordinates)
- abscisseakse noun (horizontal axis)
Persian
1 entries- طول noun (first of two coordinates)
Polish
4 entries- abscysa noun (first of two coordinates)
- abscysa noun (horizontal axis)
- odcięta noun (first of two coordinates)
- odcięta noun (horizontal axis)
Portuguese
2 entries- abcissa noun (first of two coordinates)
- abscissa noun (first of two coordinates)
Romanian
1 entries- abscisă noun (first of two coordinates)
Russian
1 entries- абсци́сса noun (first of two coordinates)
Spanish
1 entries- abscisa noun (first of two coordinates)
Swedish
1 entries- abskissa noun (first of two coordinates)
Tagalog
1 entries- higawat noun (first of two coordinates)
Turkish
1 entries- apsis noun (first of two coordinates)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hoành độ noun (first of two coordinates)
Sample sentences
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Any such event is represented with respect to the co-ordinate system K by the abscissa x and the time t, and with respect to the system K′ by the abscissa x′ and the time t′.
Source: tatoeba (11305431)
The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.
Source: wiktionary
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