The numerical value of the abscissa tells you the distance from the origin along the x-axis. From LearnThat.org. [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/glossary/A.shtml]
The curve also applies if the abscissa is changed to ‘Amount in Savings’. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing better to do.] Reference
When you say “abscissa” your mouth opens sideways. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing better to do.] Reference
(MC), expressed in percentage by weight, on the abscissa. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
The abscissa of the graph was ticked off in microseconds. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
The measured lengths are marked off on ordinates erected on an abscissa, along which the times are noted. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The line in the figure represents a distribution, with the abscissa representing “policy” or some aspect of a policy on a numerical scale. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Would love comments:] Reference
This value of the incandescence lamp I can use as an ordinate to a curve, the scale number which marks the position of the color in the spectrum being the abscissa. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
In the screws now under consideration, the values of the pitch/diameter vary only from 1.2 to 1.34, and for these the abscissa values for the same slips do not differ much. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887] Reference
The abscissa shows the difference in strength between S. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
For every abscissa, each relation contains at most one ordinate. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
It is active if an abscissa expansion has been performed with either option. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
There exists no abscissa (x value) that has more than one ordinate (y value). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
TULIPIFERA virginiana, tripartito aceris folio: media lacinia velut abscissa. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanical Magazine Vol. 8 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed] Reference
To provide for such cases the curve is drawn as if it never touched the abscissa. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
The ordinate in these curves represents the E.M. variation, and the abscissa the time. From Wordnik.com. [Response in the Living and Non-Living] Reference
(link) Whereas mine only rhymes well with math things, mantissa and abscissa and like that. From Wordnik.com. [mrissa: Also] Reference
The abscissa of P starts out at x0 ¼ 1, then decreases until it reaches x0 ¼ 0 when ¼ 90 ¼/2. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
What happens to the value of x0 (the abscissa of point P) during one complete revolution of the ray?. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The ordinate of the curve represents the intensity of response, and the abscissa the time (fig. 1). From Wordnik.com. [Response in the Living and Non-Living] Reference
A mathematical relation in which every abscissa corresponds to at most one ordinate is called a function. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The data section follows after the factors for abscissa and ordinate values and the internal format definition. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The distance along the horizontal line -- or the abscissa, as a mathematician would call it -- represents the date. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Heavens] Reference
Export Format for Rate Datasets The abscissa values (time scale) in Rate datasets will be given in decimal numbers. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The curve as a whole becomes, first slightly convex to the abscissa, then straight and ascending, and lastly concave. From Wordnik.com. [Response in the Living and Non-Living] Reference
The Read Cursor mode transfers the spectrum name and description, the cursor ordinate position and the spectrum abscissa. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The duration of a feeling is treated as an abscissa, its intensity as the ordinate of a curve, and its quantity as the area. From Wordnik.com. [System der volkswirthschaft. English] Reference
Thus we find the curve at first slightly convex, then straight and ascending, and lastly, concave to the abscissa (fig. 30). From Wordnik.com. [Response in the Living and Non-Living] Reference
In Fig. 1-2, two points are shown, one with an abscissa of 3.5 and an ordinate of 5.0, and the other with an abscissa of À5. 2 and an ordinate of À4. 7. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Never does a curve portray two or more ordinates for a single abscissa, although one of them (the parabola, curve D) has two abscissas for all positive ordinates. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
A vector denotes a phenomenon that has (a) an abscissa and an ordinate (b) a radius and an angle (c) a magnitude and a direction (d) an azimuth and an elevation 9. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
CHAPTER 3 Graphs and Inverses 55 (c) none of them have more than one y value (ordinate) for any x value (abscissa) (d) the domains are de fi ned for all real numbers 3. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
'' abscissa '') and the imaginary components on the vertical axis (the '' ordinate ''). From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
(sem) and the averaged distributions were compared at each abscissa value with a paired student. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Clarke leans forward: TIME, says the abscissa. From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
Now as PB = BD, the increment of the abscissa is constant, therefore (Art. 3. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Fluxions: Designed for the Use of Students in the University.] Reference
The figure groups together on a single graph - abscissa: slope α; ordinate: term (AT − T. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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