Plural: abscissas
ETYM Latin, fem. of abscissus, p. p. of absindere to cut of. Related to Abscind.
Horizontal distance from a fixed line to a point.
Mathematics, horizontal distance of point from fixed line.
In coordinate geometry, the x-coordinate of a pointthat is, the horizontal distance of that point from the vertical or y-axis. For example, a point with the coordinates (4, 3) has an abscissa of 4. The y-coordinate of a point is known as the ordinate.
The value of a coordinate on the x-axis.
U koordinatnom sistemu, odstojanje ma koje tačke u ravni od ordinatne osovine; horizontalna osovina u koordinacionom sistemu.
U (Dekartovom) koordinatnom sistemu: merni broj (+ ili -) odstojanja ma koje tačke u ravni od ordinatne osovine; apscisna linija, prava linija koja je uzeta radi određivanja položaja neke tačke ili osobina jedne krive; apscisna osovina, prava koja obično zauzima horizontalan položaj.