Crossword-Solution: ABSCISSA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Abscissa | n. | One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “ABSCISSA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Element of reference in geometry. | 1 answer |
| X-coordinate, former name for the (geom.) | 1 answer |
| X-coordinate on a graph | 1 answer |
| X-coordinate of a point | 1 answer |
| X-coordinate | 1 answer |
| X-axis coordinate | 1 answer |
| The X-coordinate of a point | 1 answer |
| The 1 in (1,2), in math | 1 answer |
| Ordinate's opposite | 1 answer |
| Math coordinate | 1 answer |
| Graph's x-coordinate | 1 answer |
| Graph point's x-coordinate | 1 answer |
| Graph coordinate | 1 answer |
| GEOMETRIC reference to locate point | 1 answer |
| Geometry term. | 6 answers |
| COORDINATE ___ | 34 answers |
| Number | 118 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with ABSCISSA (5)
When a point in space is referred to three axes having a common intersection, the abscissa may be the distance measured parallel to either of them, from the point to the plane of the other two axes.
Along a horizontal line (the abscissa) is measured one of the conditions (or agents) with which the inquiry is concerned, called the Variable; and along perpendiculars (ordinates) is measured some phenomenon to be compared with it, called the Variant.
With such events the curve _b'yb_ meets the abscissa at some point in each direction; though where this occurs can only be known by continually measuring dwarfs and giants.
Thus we find the curve at first slightly convex, then straight and ascending, and lastly, concave to the abscissa (fig.
The curve as a whole becomes, first slightly convex to the abscissa, then straight and ascending, and lastly concave.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, S&S.
Used 17 times in crossword archives (1957–2019).