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X-AXIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does x-axis mean?
• X-AXIS (noun)
The noun X-AXIS has 1 sense:
1. the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system
Familiarity information: X-AXIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("x-axis" is a kind of...):
coordinate axis (one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system)
Context examples
The area between the x-axis and the curve given by the integrand.
(Area Under Curve, NCI Thesaurus)
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