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abscissa
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abscissa /ab·scis·sa/ (ab-sis´ah) the horizontal line in a graph along which are plotted the units of one of the factors considered in the study. Symbol .
abscissa
the horizontal line in a graph along which are plotted the units of one of the factors considered in the study, as time in a time-temperature study. The other line is called the ordinate.

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The abscissae show time which progresses from right to left (1 cm = 30 secs), while the ordinates indicate both temperature (1 cm = 25 [degrees] C) and power (1 cm = 200 kW).
 
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