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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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n (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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(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 systemcoordinate axis - one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system

Translations

y-axis

i. The lateral axis of the aircraft about which an aircraft pitches. Also called the pitch axis, normal axis, z-axis, and yawing axis.
ii. A vertical two-dimensional system of rectangular coordinates. The reference line on which distances above and below (north or south) it are marked, especially on a map, chart, or graph.

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a cephalometric indicator of the vertical and horizontal coordinates of mandibular growth expressed in degrees of the inferior facial angle formed by the intersection of the sella-gnathion plane with the Frankfort horizontal plane.

Y-ax·is

(aksis) Cephalometric indicator of vertical and horizontal coordinates of mandibular growth expressed in degrees of inferior facial angle formed by intersection of the sella-gnathion plane with the Frankfurt horizontal plane.

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noun the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system

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