切せっ片ぺん

noun

segment; slice; section; fragment

General term for a cut-off piece or a part of something, often used in scientific or technical contexts.

• 顕けん微び鏡きょうで組そ織しきの切せっ片ぺんを観かん察さつする。

  Observe a tissue section under a microscope.

• このグラフの切せっ片ぺんは原げん点てんを通とおらない。

  The intercept of this graph does not pass through the origin.

noun

intercept

Mathematical term for the point where a line or curve crosses an axis.

• y切せっ片ぺんが3の直ちょく線せんの式しきを求もとめなさい。

  Find the equation of the line whose y-intercept is 3.