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Z axis

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y axis
y-axisnoun(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.
shearnoun(intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
abscissanoun(geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
slopenounAn area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
splinenoun(mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
vertexnoun(geometry) An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
verticalnounStanding, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
cartesian coordinatenoun(geometry) The coordinates of a point measured from an origin along a horizontal axis from left to right (the x-axis) and along a vertical axis from bottom to top (the y-axis). This can be extended to three-dimensions by the z-axis perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.
real axisnoun(mathematics) The horizontal line in the complex plane, every point on which corresponds to a real number
dimensionnounA measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
ordinatenoun(geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
originnounThe beginning of something.
planarFlat, two-dimensional.
axisnoun(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
cartesian coordinatesnoun(algebraic geometry) The coordinates of a point measured as its perpendicular distance to the right of a vertical axis (the y-axis) and its perpendicular distance above a horizontal axis (the x-axis).
centroidnoun(geometry, physics, engineering, of an object or a geometrical figure) The point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.
snakenounAny of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
spiralnoun(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
spacenoun(heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.

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