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Definition of Abscissae
1. abscissa [n] - See also: abscissa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abscissae
Literary usage of Abscissae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Coordinate Geometry by Sidney Luxton Loney (1896)
"This straight line meets the ellipse in points whose abscissae are given by the
equation ... Let the roots of this equation, ie the abscissae of Q and R, ..."
2. A General Formula for the Uniform Flow of Water in Rivers and Other Channels by E. Ganguillet, Wilhelm R. Kutter (1889)
"elements were obtained from which Humphreys and Abbot derived their new formula.
9. The velocities found to vary as the abscissae of a parabola. ..."
3. The Principles and Methods of Geometrical Optics: Especially as Applied to by James Powell Cocke Southall (1910)
"Relation between Conjugate abscissae. Let 5, 5' be a pair of conjugate rays ...
The product of the "abscissae" of pairs of conjugate points of any one pair ..."
4. Immunochemistry: The Application of the Principles of Physical Chemistry to by Svante Arrhenius (1907)
"The toxicity is here ordinates, and the quantity of acid added is abscissae.
This line would be a straight line if the effect of the salt did not produce a ..."
5. An Introduction to the Study of Electrical Engineering by Henry Hutchinson Norris (1908)
"The curves are plotted with input as abscissae and the several variables as
ordinales. The FIG. 147. Characteristic curves of ac induction motor (A. - C. Co ..."
6. Solid Geometry and Conic Sections: With Appendices on Transversals, and by James Maurice Wilson (1880)
"OBLIQUE ORDINATE AND abscissae. If Q Vis the ordinate to the diameter PV, QV8=4FP.PV.
For and .-. let QR meet PV in T; then the triangles FPR, ..."
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