abscisse.
the x coordinate in Cartesian coordinates; abscissa
Meaning & usage
the x coordinate in Cartesian coordinates; abscissa
Where this word comes from
From Latin abscissa (linea) (“cut (line)”), from abscissus (“torn off, cut off”), perfect passive participle of abscindō (“to tear away; divide”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from scindō (“to cut, tear; divide”), from Proto-Italic *skindō (“to cut, tear, rend, separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *skinédti ~ *skindénti (“to be cutting off”), from *skeyd- (“to split, to divide”) (with the infix *-né-), an extension of *skey- (“to split, dissect”) (perhaps with *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)), from *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”).
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