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Illustration of ae plane, showing the absolute values (unsigned dotted line lengths) of the coordinates of the points (2, 3), (0, 0), (−3, 1), and (−1.5, −2.5). The first of these signed ordered pairs is the abscissa of the corresponding point, and the second value is its
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of a point is the signed measure of its projection on the secondary axis, whose absolute value is the distance between the projection and the origin of the axis, and whose sign is given by the location on the projection relative to the origin (before: negative; after: positive).
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of its projection on the primary axis, whose absolute value is the distance between the projection and the origin of the axis, and whose sign is given by the location on the projection relative to the origin (before: negative; after: positive).
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Gleichwohl ist durch vermuthlich ein Wort in den mathematischen Sprachschatz eingeführt worden, welches gerade in der analytischen Geometrie sich als zukunftsreich bewährt hat. Wir kennen keine ältere Benutzung des Wortes
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At the same time it was presumably by that a word was introduced into the mathematical vocabulary for which especially in analytic geometry the future proved to have much in store. We know of no earlier use of the word
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In a somewhat obsolete variant usage, the abscissa of a point may also refer to any number that describes the point's location along some path, e.g. the parameter of a
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in lateinischen Originalschriften. Vielleicht kommt das Wort in Uebersetzungen der
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Horizontal and vertical axes/coordinate numbers of a 2D coordinate system or graph
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Usually these are the horizontal and vertical coordinates of a point in
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in Latin original texts. Maybe the word appears in translations of the
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die Rede ist, wofür es kaum ein entsprechenderes lateinisches Wort als
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for which there would hardly be a more appropriate Latin word than
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the third direction is sometimes referred to as the applicate.
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or experiment (with any ordinates filling a role analogous to
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coordinate of the point. The distance of a point from the
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consists of two terms—the abscissa (horizontal, usually
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two-dimensional
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/æbˈsɪs.ə/
coordinate
point
Cartesian coordinate system
plane
rectangular coordinate system
ordered pair
measure
In three dimensions
Latin
Fibonacci
Stefano degli Angeli
historian of mathematics
Moritz Cantor

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