ABSCISS
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AB'SCISS, noun [Latin 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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Ab″sciss (�), n.; pl. Abscisses (�). See Abscissa.