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- Word comparison: ordinate vs. abscissa
ordinate vs. abscissa
noun
- Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
noun
Mathematics.
plural abscissas, abscissae
- (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the x-coordinate of a point: its distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis.