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"Josh English" <eng### [at] spiritone com> wrote in message
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> My teacher posed this question to us last night, and he doesn't know the
> answer himself.
> A student once new that the x coordinate was called the abcissa, and the
> y coordinate is called the ordinate. Since we're starting R3 calculus,
> this student wanted to know if there was a name for the z coordinate.
>
> Does anyone know of one?
AFAIK there isn't one... check out:
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/problems/carpenter12.1.98.html
Matt
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Francois Labreque <fla### [at] attglobalnet> wrote:
:> "Up"
: In a right-handed coordinate system, yes.
Not necessarily.
Take the x-axis to the left, y-axis up and z-axis away. It's a right-handed
coordinate system with z pointing away :)
--
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/
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A professor in the math department at University of Minnesota said that he
believed the abscissa and ordinate where named during the development/use of
plane geometry and thus the 3rd dimensional axis may not have a formal name
as such.
Josh English wrote:
> My teacher posed this question to us last night, and he doesn't know the
> answer himself.
> A student once new that the x coordinate was called the abcissa, and the
> y coordinate is called the ordinate. Since we're starting R3 calculus,
> this student wanted to know if there was a name for the z coordinate.
>
> Does anyone know of one?
>
> --
> Josh English
> eng### [at] spiritonecom
> "May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
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Thanks to everyone for their replies. I'll see if this satisfies his
curiosity
Josh
Josh English wrote:
> My teacher posed this question to us last night, and he doesn't know the
> answer himself.
> A student once new that the x coordinate was called the abcissa, and the
> y coordinate is called the ordinate. Since we're starting R3 calculus,
> this student wanted to know if there was a name for the z coordinate.
>
> Does anyone know of one?
>
> --
> Josh English
> eng### [at] spiritonecom
> "May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
--
Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom
"May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
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Ken wrote in message <3907AC63.B060BF0B@pacbell.net>...
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>cadman wrote:
>>
>> I propose that we name it...
>
>Zo-ordinate
<wince> reminds me of Earth final conflict
(Sci fi show. One of the bad guys is named Zo'or)
Gail
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"cadman" <NOS### [at] graffitinet> wrote in message
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> I propose that we name it...
>
Well ordinate is the line, abscissa is the place where the line is cut,
Z is the extension of those into the third dimension, I suggest the Latin of
"extension" (prolatio or tractus?) or "Projection" (prominens?).
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Booooring... :-)
Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> "Mr. Art" wrote:
> >
> > Why not pick a word from an ancient language
> > that deals with counting, positioning or arranging?
> > I don't know much Greek or Latin. Maybe someone
> > else with a broader language base could suggest
> > such a word.
>
> What's wrong with x,y,z ?
>
> --
> Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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> > What's wrong with x,y,z ?
> Booooring... :-)
dont you think we have enougth to get our heads round without renaming the
standard 3d system as well?
Rick
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and your suggestion is?
--
Mike
wk: mik### [at] pyxiscom www.pyxis.com
hm: mwe### [at] sciticom www.geocities.com/mikepweber
"cadman" <NOS### [at] graffitinet> wrote in message
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> Booooring... :-)
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
> news:3907BD71.806DFF1A@pacbell.net...
> >
> >
> > "Mr. Art" wrote:
> > >
> > > Why not pick a word from an ancient language
> > > that deals with counting, positioning or arranging?
> > > I don't know much Greek or Latin. Maybe someone
> > > else with a broader language base could suggest
> > > such a word.
> >
> > What's wrong with x,y,z ?
> >
> > --
> > Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> > http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
>
>
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