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See also:ABSCISSA (from the See also:Lat. abscissus, cut off) , in the Cartesian See also:system of co-ordinates, the distance of a point from the See also:axis of y measured parallel to the See also:horizontal axis y (axis of x) . Thus PS (or OR) is the See also:abscissa of P . The word appears for the first See also:time in a Latin See also:work written by Stefano degli Angeli (1623-1697), a See also:professor of See also:mathematics in O/ R See also:Rome . |
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