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y-axis

y-axis

4.0
The vertical line on a graph that shows measured values
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : eje y
  • And we started what's shown here on the X axis is years, on the Y axis is error in classification.

Examples

  • Choose m on the y-axis between f(a) and f(b). This theorem ensures that there is at least one, possibly more, value c in a, b such that f(c) = m.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The X axis is time, the Y axis is allele frequency.

  • And on the Y axis here, this is temperature.

  • And what you can see on the Y axis is actually increasing genetic evidence.

  • And this Y axis is the height of the peak.

  • This concept is illustrated using this graph where the Y axis represents heat flow.

  • And this, this logarithmic scale on the Y axis, it represents antibody concentration.

  • Benji, give me a line chart: x-axis sixteenths of a second, zero to sixteen; y-axis feet, zero to sixteen.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In the graph, the y-axis clearly shows the increase in temperature over time.

  • The height of the building is plotted on the y-axis, while the time is represented on the x-axis.

Synonyms

axis
vsy-axis
44 5.1

A straight line that an object turns around, like the Earth turning

is the vertical reference used for ordinate values
coordinate axis
vsy-axis
  • Specialized
4.4

A fixed straight line that shows where points are on a graph, like the x or y line

is the vertical reference used for ordinate values

Surface Forms

y-axis singular
y-axes plural

Morphology

y-axis = y + axis (transparent) = y + axis

Clear notation combining the letter name 'y' and the noun 'axis' to indicate the axis labelled 'y', which learners can deduce if they know letter names and 'axis'.

Etymology

Y-axis comes from axis, a Latin word for an 'axle' or a 'line around which things turn', and axis in English means an important straight line. The letter y was chosen to name the second direction (with x for the first), so the y-axis is the vertical line on a graph that shows the values you measure.