¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abscisses
1. absciss [n] - See also: absciss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abscisses
Literary usage of Abscisses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Ancient and Modern Geometry of Conics: Being a by Charles Taylor (1881)
"The principal ordinate of any point on an equilateral hyperbola is a mean
proportional to its abscisses. If X be the foot of the /S-directrix and therefore ..."
2. The Mathematical Diary (1825)
"Let x.. x' denote the two abscisses corresponding to the equal Values of y, (and
for convenience suppose a= 1,) then we shall, have x'2—x'6=zi—x1 -. ..."
3. A Course of Mathematics: Composed for the Use of the Royal Military Academy by Charles Hutton, Olinthus Gregory (1843)
"Tie abscisses of any diameter are to one another аз the squares of their ordinales.
LET PCP be the tangent at C, CR the diameter, and E'E, L'L the double ..."
4. A Course of Mathematics ...: For the Use of Academies, as Well as Private by Charles Hutton (1816)
"Hence, as the abscisses of any diameter and their ... Then the abscisses AD, CM
or AT, being equal, by theor. 5, tlic parameters will be as the squares of ..."
5. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Henry John Stephen Smith by Henry John Stephen Smith (1894)
"De plus, au lieu du centre de la conique, on prend pour origine un point tel que
les sommes des ordonnées des points n', et des abscisses des points n} ..."
6. A Course of Mathematics for the Use of Academies, as Well as Private Tuition by Charles Hutton (1822)
"MX perpendicular to the axis AN, and FH perpendicular to the tangent CT. Then the
abscisses AD, CM or AT, being equal, by theor. ..."
Other Resources:
