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abscissa 
  n pl , -scissas, -scissae the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis 
 Compare  →  ordinate 
  (C17: New Latin, originally linea abscissa a cut-off line) 

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