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Webster 1913 Edition

Absciss

Ab′sciss

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Noun.
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pl.
Abscisses
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See
Abscissa
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Webster 1828 Edition

Absciss

AB'SCISS

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Noun.
[L. abscissus, from ab and scindere, to cut; See Scissors.]
In conics, a part of the diameter, or transverse axis of a conic section, intercepted between the vertex or some other fixed point, and a semiordinate.

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