Y-axis Definition

wīăksĭs
y-axes
noun
The vertical, or more nearly vertical, axis in a plane Cartesian coordinate system, along which the ordinate is measured.
Webster's New World
A similar axis that is perpendicular to the x-axis and the z-axis of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.
Webster's New World

(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.

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Singular:
y-axis
Plural:
y-axes

Y-axis Sentence Examples

  • The numeric problem occurs at 0, where the function behaves like, which has the y axis as a vertical asymptote.

  • Make sure that the image is offset from the top x-axis by about 40cm but flush to the y-axis.

  • The turtle will start at the origin with the Z-axis as forward direction and y-axis as left direction.

  • A line is described by its gradient and intercept, the point at which the line crosses the y-axis.

  • This is defined in degrees going anti-clockwise from the positive y-axis.

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