абсцисса

Russian

Etymology

Several steps omitting from Latin abscissus (p.p.p. of abscindō). At the PIE level from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (an extension of *skey-, an extension of *sek-).

Compare natively formed Polish odcięta (calqued from French).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐpˈst͡sɨs(ː)ə]
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Noun

абсци́сса • (abscíssaf inan (genitive абсци́ссы, nominative plural абсци́ссы, genitive plural абсци́сс)

  1. (geometry) abscissa, absciss
    Coordinate terms: ордина́та (ordináta), апплика́та (applikáta)

Declension

References

  • Shansky, N. M. (1963), “абсцисса”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 1 (А), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 23
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “абсцисса”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

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