axis of abscissas

noun Mathematics.

x-axis(def 1).

Words nearby axis of abscissas

axioversion, axipetal, axis, axis deer, axis deviation, axis of abscissas, axis of evil, axis of ordinates, axis of revolution, axis of symmetry, axis powers

Definition for axis-of-abscissas (2 of 2)

x-axis
[ eks-ak-sis ]
/ ˈɛksˌæk sɪs /

noun, plural x-ax·es [eks-ak-seez] /ˈɛksˌæk siz/. Mathematics.

Also called axis of abscissas. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually horizontal, along which the abscissa is measured and from which the ordinate is measured.
(in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system) the axis along which values of x are measured and at which both y and z equal zero.

Origin of x-axis

First recorded in 1925–30

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH x-axis

x-axis y-axis

British Dictionary definitions for axis-of-abscissas

x-axis

noun

a reference axis, usually horizontal, of a graph or two- or three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system along which the x- coordinate is measured

Scientific definitions for axis-of-abscissas

x-axis
[ ĕks′ăk′sĭs ]

The horizontal axis of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.
One of the three axes of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.