y-ax·is

(wī′ăk′sĭs)

n. pl. y-ax·es (wī′ăk′sēz)

1. The vertical axis of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.

2. One of three axes in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.

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y-axis

(Mathematics) a reference axis, usually vertical, of a graph or two- or three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system along which the y-coordinate is measured

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y-ax•is

(ˈwaɪˌæk sɪs)

n., pl. y-ax•es (ˈwaɪˌæk siz)

1. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usu. vertical, along which the ordinate is measured and from which the abscissa is measured.

2. (in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system) the axis along which values of y are measured and at which both x and z equal zero.

[1925–30]

y-ax·is

(wī′ăk′sĭs)

1. The vertical axis of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.

2. One of the three axes of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.

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Noun

y-axis - the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system

coordinate axis - one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system

Translations

y-axis

n → Y-Achse f

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