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What is an abscissa?

What is an abscissa? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes. The abscissa is also known as the "x" coordinate of a point, shown on the horizontal line, with the ordinate, also known as the "y" coordinate, shown on the vertical line. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
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Extremities of the stars located beyond the circle of abscissa 0 denote a research area in which the considered institution type is specialized.
The data were plotted on a semi-logarithmic scale, so that the histogram peaks from 2C to 32C were evenly distributed along the abscissa.
Note that in C and D the abscissa and ordinate are swapped for presentation.
The abscissa indicates the time after the start of tetanic stimulation.
He began with a curve and considered the slope of its tangent corresponding to each value of the abscissa.
Here, the amplitude of the eigenvector in the lowest-frequency mode is plotted on the ordinate whereas the abscissa shows the residue number.

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