Examples of “abscissa” in a Sentence

noun In a system of coordinate axes, the value that fixes a point's horizontal position, usually its x-coordinate.

• The abscissa of the point tells you how far it sits from the vertical axis.
• To find the coordinates, read off the abscissa before the ordinate.
• Two points can share an abscissa yet still lie at different heights on the graph.

noun The horizontal axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, along which the abscissa value is measured.

• Time was marked along the abscissa, with temperature rising up the other axis.
• She labeled the abscissa in years so the trend was easy to follow.