Re: Axis name trick

[PHRP@FHSUVM.FHSU.EDU (Roger A. Pruitt)]

Another way to aid the memory:
     (O)rdinate => (y)-axis
     (a)bscissa => (x)-axis

The order of the first letters has been helpful to me. "A" is before "o" in
the alphabet, and "x" is before "y". 

Roger Pruitt
> > quantity mentioned (the number of prime factors) lies on the
> > independent variable, or x-axis. (I never could get "ordinate" and
> > "abscissa" straight.)
> >
> > If that is the correct interpretation this result is interesting
> > but unsurprising.
> >
> > Leigh
> A math teacher taught me a trick here: notice the shape of you mouth as you
> say ordinate and abscissa. The latter is a lateral shape, the former a
> vertical shape. It finally did it for me.
>
> Ken Fox
> Smoky Hill High School
> 16100 Smoky Hill Rd
> Aurora,CO.80015
> 303-693-1700
> kfox@shhs1.smoky.org
> http://stega.smoky.org/~kfox/Physics.html