Definition
abscissas
noun
- Plural of abscissa; the x-coordinate of a point in a plane Cartesian coordinate system, measured along the horizontal axis.
Usage: mathematics; technical
Examples
- In the coordinate plane, the abscissas of the points (3, 5) and (3, 8) are both 3.
- The graph shows how the abscissas increase from left to right along the horizontal axis.
- To plot the data, we recorded the abscissas and ordinates for each measurement.
- The abscissas represent time values in this scientific experiment.
- When analyzing the scatter plot, we examined the abscissas to understand the distribution along the x-axis.