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Abscissa

Abscissa is the horizontal value on a graph. The vertical value is the y-value or ordinate. Also called x-value (NOTE: The plural is abscissae or
abscissas.)

Webster Dictionary Meaning

1. Abscissa
- One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.
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