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" An Absciss is a part of any diameter contained between its vertex and an ordinate to it; as AK or BK, • DN or EN. "
A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and Practice - Page 216
by Charles Hutton - 1770 - 646 pages
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Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, a Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words ...

English language - 1707 - 590 pages
...Abfcifla and its refpe<Sive Ordinate ; But in the EStfJii and Hyperbola the Parameter belonging to any Diameter, is a third Proportional to that Diameter, and its conjugate Diameter. Paramount, above all, without any equal ; in our Law, it fignifies the Supreme Lord of the...
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Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words ...

Thomas Blount - English language - 1707 - 888 pages
...Abfcifla and its relpec~tive Ordinate ; But in the EUiffis and Hyperbola the Parameter belonging to any Diameter, is a third Proportional to that Diameter, and its conjugate Diameter. Paramount, above all, without any equal ; in our Law, it dignifies the Supreme Lord of the...
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the ..., Volume 2

Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...in the parabola, only one ; the other vertex of the diameter being infinitely distant. 16. The i.6. The Parameter of any diameter is a third proportional to that diameter and its conjugate. 17. The Focus is the point in the axis, where the ordittate is equal tb half the parameter ; as K and...
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The shipwright's vade-mecum [by D. Steel].

David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...tranverse axis, as gh. . An abscissa is that part of the axis AA, between the ordinate and the vertex. The parameter of any diameter is a third proportional to that diameter and its conjugate. From these definitions it will appear, that the conic sections are in themselves a system of regular...
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A Course of Mathematics ...: Composed for the Use of the Royal Military ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...abscisses; but in the parabola, only one ; the other vertex of the diameter being infinitely distant. 16. The Parameter of any diameter, is a third proportional to that diameter and its conjugate. 17. The 17. The Focus is the point in the axis where the ordinate b equal to half the parameter. As...
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A pocket encyclopędia, or library of general knowledge, Volumes 1-4

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...hyperbola every ordinate has two abscisses, in the parabola only one. The parameter, or latus rectum of any diameter is a third proportional to that diameter and its conjugate, thus if the parameter be called p, then AB : HI: : HI: p. Fig. 6. The focus is the point in the axis...
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Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 2

Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 482 pages
...hyperbola every ordina,te has two abscisses, in the parabola only one. The parameter, or latus rectum of any diameter is a third proportional to that diameter and its conjugate, thus if the parameter be called p, then AB : HI: :HI: p. Fig. 6. T|ie focus is the point in the axis...
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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...abscisses ; but in the parabola, only one; the other vertex of the diameter being infinitely distant. 16. The Parameter of any diameter, is a third proportional to tha.t diameter and its conjugate., 17- The 17. The Focus is the point in the axis where the ordinate is equal to half the parameter. As...
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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies, as Well as Private ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...abscisses ; but in the parabola, only one ; the other vertex of the diameter being infinitely distant. 1C. The Parameter of any diameter, is a third proportional to that diameter and its conjugate. 472 17. The Focus is the point in the axis where the ordinate is equal to halt' the parameter. A* K...
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A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Eight Parts ...

Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...1. An absciss is that part of the axis which is contained between the vertex and the ordinate. 12. The parameter of any diameter is a third proportional to that diameter and its conjugate. The parameter is sometimes called the latus rectum. 13. The focus is a point in the axis where the ordinate...
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