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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
absciss .
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Examples
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By this means is obtained a curve of the tide in which the times are taken for abscisses and the heights of the sea for ordinates.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various
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The abscisses represent the times, and the ordinates the amperes.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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When we trace the curve of the tractive stresses in a boat thus constructed, by putting the speeds in abscisses and the tractive stresses in ordinates, we obtain a curve (Fig. 2) which shows that the same tractive stress applied to a boat may give it three different speeds, M, M ', and M' ', only two of which, M and M' ', are stable.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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