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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?
--
Josh English
eng### [at] spiritone com
"May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
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inoutous, or upndownous....
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Mike
wk: mik### [at] pyxiscom www.pyxis.com
hm: mwe### [at] sciticom www.geocities.com/mikepweber
"Josh English" <eng### [at] spiritonecom> 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?
>
> --
> Josh English
> eng### [at] spiritonecom
> "May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
>
>
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I don't know of one but I did notice that
both names have to do with counting.
abcissa, ordinate, ??
Josh English wrote:
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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?
>
> --
> Josh English
> eng### [at] spiritonecom
> "May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
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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?
"Up"
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Simon de Vet wrote:
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> Josh English wrote:
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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?
>
> "Up"
In a right-handed coordinate system, yes. In POV-speak, it would have
to be "Away".
--
Francois Labreque | Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a snooze
flabreq | button on a cat who wants breakfast.
@ | - Unattributed quote from rec.humor.funny
attglobal.net
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I propose that we name it...
Josh English <eng### [at] spiritonecom> 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?
>
> --
> Josh English
> eng### [at] spiritonecom
> "May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
>
>
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cadman wrote:
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> I propose that we name it...
Zo-ordinate
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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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"cadman" <NOS### [at] graffitinet> wrote in message news:3907ac82@news.povray.org...
| I propose that we name it...
How about Volu? Representing the space to and fro, which would be like a volume.
Bob
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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.
Bob Hughes wrote:
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> "cadman" <NOS### [at] graffitinet> wrote in message
news:3907ac82@news.povray.org...
> | I propose that we name it...
>
> How about Volu? Representing the space to and fro, which would be like a volume.
>
> Bob
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"Mr. Art" wrote:
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> 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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