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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 [absis′ə] Etymology: L, ab, away; scindere, to cut a point on a horizontal Cartesian coordinate plane measured from the y-axis (or vertical axis) running perpendicular to the plane, or the x-axis. 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Using Eglash's Virtual Bead Loom program, you can experiment with the Cartesian coordinate system to make your own beautiful works of art. He is immortalized today in the name of the Cartesian coordinate system, and the transformation of thought he helped usher has left repercussions up to the modern day. In Sommerfeld's rigorous treatment of diffraction by a straight edge the screen is assumed to be a perfectly conducting, infinitesimally thin, semi-infinite sheet that covers the half-plane x > 0, z = 0 of the Cartesian coordinate system in Fig. |
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