abscissa

Etymology
By ellipsis from [], feminine of , perfect passive participle of. See abscind.

Noun

 * 1)  The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
 * 2)  The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.
 * 1)  The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.
 * 1)  The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.

Usage notes
Originally, it referred to the portion of a line between a fixed point on that line and the intersection of that line with an ordinate.

Translations

 * Armenian: աբսցիս
 * Berber:
 * Kabyle: tanegzumt
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: abscissa
 * Cebuano: handaganós
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 橫坐標
 * Mandarin: 横坐标
 * Czech: abscisa
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: აბსცისა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: abscissa
 * Irish: aibsíse
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 横座標
 * Malay: absisa
 * Northern Sami: abskisˈsa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, abscysa
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: higawat
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:, абсци́сна ос
 * German: Rechtsachse
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: abscisseakse

Etymology 1
From, perfect passive participle of.

Noun

 * 1)   first of two coordinates