single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...
Jan 31, 2012 · If x and y are horizontal, z is vertical; if x and z are horizontal, y is vertical. The words horizontal and vertical are generally used in a planar (2-dimensional) sense, not spatial (3-dimensional). Which is the reason you may not find a word corresponding to the third dimension along with horizontal and vertical.
Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal ...
Apr 19, 2014 · In this case, I like the term axial to describe a direction that is along the horizontal or vertical axis relative to the current position. Axial - situated around, in the direction of, on, or along an axis.
expressions - Is x plotted against y or is y plotted against x ...
"Vertical against horizontal", and, if you choose the almost (but not quite) universal convention of having x-values along the horizontal axis, and the variables are x and y, 'y against x'. There is the complication that the horizontal axis is usually called the 'x-axis'; this doesn't matter when you're plotting v against t (or t against v ...
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Apr 13, 2016 · The intersection of the vertical plane with the horizontal plane would form a transverse. This medical definition from thefreedictionary.com describes: transverse plane of space, n an imaginary plane that cuts the body in two, separating the superior half from the inferior half, and that lies at a right angle from the body's vertical axis.
Split horizontally or vertically – which one is which?
Dec 13, 2015 · 'Horizontal' means 'relating to the horizon', so strictly speaking whether a split is vertical or horizontal depends on its orientation relative to the ground. Or less strictly, 'horizontal' is whatever the observer considers to be left/right rather than up/down.
punctuation - How to Write an Address in a Single Line? - English ...
May 30, 2019 · I agree, this question is pretty opinion-based. That said, in my opinion you want some kind of separation between elements other than just commas. Common solutions include middle dots (which come in various weights, ·• , depending on your character set) as @choster recommends, or vertical lines (|).
What’s the difference between “line” and “row”?
The terms can overlap again, though, in technical areas. In tables or databases it is common to speak of rows and columns, with an emphatic horizontal/vertical contrast in those terms: a row is implicitly horizontal, and cannot be mistaken for a column. It is also perfectly intelligible, however, to speak of ‘lines in tables’.
meaning - Origin of "Plumb" to mean "absolutely" - English …
Jun 15, 2011 · Surely 'plumb vertical' is a builder's term, meaning 'precisely vertical as measured by plumbline', and it was taken up by outsiders who assumed it just meant very (I have seen it as plum as well as the variations in the dictionary).
single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin …
Apr 29, 2014 · @Doorknob - Elliot has named it correctly. The upper lip is skin-covered, skin-colored, and hairy. The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border between the skin and the vermilion is called the vermilion border, the wet, shiny inner portion of what people call the "lips" is called the wet vermilion or the mucosa.
terminology - Is there a specific word or term for the two dots ...
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