Abscissa
Abscissa is the horizontal coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional. The abscissa refers to the x coordinate and the ordinate refers to the y coordinate of a standard two-dimensional graph.
The ordered pairs above denote the position of the fruits on the coordinate grid.
- The first number is called the “abscissa” (x coordinate) and denotes the horizontal position.
- The second number is called the «ordinate» (y coordinate) and denotes the vertical position.
- Both numbers are called “coordinates” and they can be ordered pairs of numbers or letters and numbers.
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