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axis of abscissas

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x-ax⋅is

  [eks-ak-sis]
–noun, plural x-ax⋅es  [eks-ak-seez] . Mathematics.
1. Also called axis of abscissas. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually horizontal, along which the abscissa is measured and from which the ordinate is measured.
2. (in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system) the axis along which values of x are measured and at which both y and z equal zero.
Origin:
1925–30
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