单词 | y-axis |
释义 | y-axis[ wahy-ak-sis ] / ˈwaɪˌæk sɪs / noun, plural y-ax·es [wahy-ak-seez]. /ˈwaɪˌæk siz/. Mathematics.Also called axis of ordinates. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually vertical, along which the ordinate is measured and from which the abscissa is measured. (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. Origin of y-axisFirst recorded in 1925–30 WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH y-axisx-axis, y-axisWords nearby y-axisyawnsome, yawny, yawp, yaws, Yaxchilán, y-axis, yay, Yayoi, yazata, Yazd, Yazidi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for y-axisy-axis nouna reference axis, usually vertical, of a graph or two- or three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system along which the y- coordinate is measured Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for y-axisy-axis [ wī′ăk′sĭs ] The vertical axis of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. One of the three axes of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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