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The abscissa is the independent variable (or input) to a function.
The abscissa is the X coordinate of a point, so a point on the Y axis has an abscissa of zero.
abscissa = sqrt[1 - square of the ordinate]
The ordinate and abscissa are equal for every point on the line [ y = x ].
An abscissa is the distance of a point from the vertical axis. In the standard 2-dimensional Cartesian plane, it is the x coordinate.