| 释义 |
abscissa/æbˈsisə/n. (pl. abscissae /-si:/ or abscissas) Math. 【数】 1 (in a system of coordinates) the shortest distance from a point to the vertical or y-axis, measured parallel to the horizontal or x-axis; the Cartesian x-coordinate of a point (cf. 参见 ORDINATE) 横坐标 2 the part of a line between a fixed point on it and an ordinate drawn to it from any other point 横轴线 [modern Latin abscissa (linea) ‘cut-off (line)’, fem. past part. of abscindere absciss- (as AB-, scindere ‘cut’)] |