different between absciss vs abscissa

English

Etymology 1

From Latin abscissa, feminine of abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscind? (“cut asunder”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?s/

Noun

absciss (plural abscisses)

1. Alternative form of abscissa [First attested in the late 17^th century.]

Etymology 2

Back-formation from abscission.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?s?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s?s/

Verb

absciss (third-person singular simple present abscisses, present participle abscissing, simple past and past participle abscissed)

1. (transitive) To cut off by abscission. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
2. (intransitive) To separate (as a leaf from a twig) by abscission. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Translations

References

English

Etymology

By ellipsis from Latin [linea] abscissa, feminine of abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscind? (“cut off”). See abscind.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s?s.?/
• Hyphenation: ab?scis?sa

Noun

abscissa (plural abscissas or abscissae or abscissæ)

1. (geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.[First attested in the late 17^th century.]

   The point ${\displaystyle (3,2)}$ has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.

2. (geometry) The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.

Usage notes

Originally, it referred to the portion of a line between a fixed point on that line and the intersection of that line with an ordinate.

Synonyms

• absciss

Hypernyms

• (first of two coordinates): coordinate
• (horizontal line): axis

Coordinate terms

• ordinate

Translations

See also

• abscissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ordinate
• applicate

References

Latin

Etymology 1

From abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscind? (“tear away”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab?skis.sa/, [äp?s?k?s??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap??is.sa/, [?p??is??]

Noun

abscissa f (genitive abscissae); first declension

1. (mathematics) abscissa

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: abscissa
• ? Irish: aibsíse
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: abscisse
  • ? Northern Sami: abskissa
• ? Portuguese: abscissa
• ? Italian: ascissa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

abscissa

1. nominative feminine singular of abscissus
2. nominative neuter plural of abscissus
3. accusative neuter plural of abscissus
4. vocative feminine singular of abscissus
5. vocative neuter plural of abscissus

Participle

absciss?

1. ablative feminine singular of abscissus

Portuguese

Noun

abscissa f (plural abscissas)

1. (geometry) abscissa (first of two coordinates)

Swedish

Noun

abscissa c

1. Alternative spelling of abskissa; abscissa

Declension