"y-axis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: y-axes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|y-axes}} y-axis (plural y-axes)
  1. (algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top and usually shows the range of values of variable dependent on one other variable, or the second of two independent variables. Categories (topical): Algebraic geometry Synonyms: ordinate Related terms: x-axis, z-axis Translations (axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top): y-as [feminine] (Dutch), y-akseli (Finnish), axe des y [masculine] (French), axe des ordonnées [feminine] (French), Y-Achse (German), asse y [masculine] (Italian), asse delle y [masculine] (Italian), Y軸 (wai-jiku) (alt: ワイじく) (Japanese), y-akse [masculine] (Norwegian), oś rzędnych [feminine] (Polish), oś y [feminine] (Polish), ось y (osʹ y) [feminine] (Russian), ось ордина́т (osʹ ordinát) [feminine] (Russian), y-axel [common-gender] (Swedish), taluhog-y (Tagalog), y ekseni (Turkish), y-ekseni (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-y-axis-en-noun-cJf1Pw5~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for y-axis meaning in English (3.8kB)

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