Abscissa and ordinate a parametric equation. Used in this way, the abscissa can be thought of as a coordinate-geometry analog to the independent variable in a mathematical model or experiment (with any ordinates filling a role analogous to dependent variables). Abscissa and ordinate In mathematics, the abscissa (; plural "abscissae" or "abscissæ" or "abscissas") and the ordinate are respectively the first and second coordinate of a point in a coordinate system. The abscissa of a point is the signed measure of its projection on the primary axis, whose absolute value is the distance between the projection and the origin of the axis, and
Line graph of a hypergraph Line graph of a hypergraph The line graph of a hypergraph is the graph whose vertex set is the set of the hyperedges of the hypergraph, with two hyperedges adjacent when they have a nonempty intersection. In other words, the line graph of a hypergraph is the intersection graph of a family of finite sets. It is a generalization of the line graph of a graph. Questions about line graphs of hypergraphs are often generalizations of questions about line graphs of graphs. For instance, a hypergraph whose edges all have size "k" is called "k"-uniform. (A 2-uniform hypergraph is a