Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A part cut off; specifically, in conic sections, an abscissa (which see). Also
abscisse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
abscissa .
Etymologies
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Examples
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George Crabb in 1823 defined co-ordinates now dropping its hyphen as “a term applied to the absciss and ordinates when taken in connexion,” later better known as the magnitudes that determine the position of a point; geographers and navigators still later used coordinates to describe the use of longitude and latitude in locating a spot on the globe.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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George Crabb in 1823 defined co-ordinates now dropping its hyphen as “a term applied to the absciss and ordinates when taken in connexion,” later better known as the magnitudes that determine the position of a point; geographers and navigators still later used coordinates to describe the use of longitude and latitude in locating a spot on the globe.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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As soon as a majority of the catkins began to shed their pollen or to absciss their full developed anthers, the catkins were removed and dried on a sheet of smooth paper at room temperature until the pollen was shed.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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