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abscissa

How many syllables in abscissa?

  3 syllables

Divide abscissa into syllables:   ab-scis-sa
Stressed syllable in abscissa:   ab-scis-sa
How to pronounce abscissa:   ab-sis-uh
How to say abscissa:

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What rhymes with abscissa

3 syllables
  • Larissa
  • Orissa
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