What is the y-axis called?
noun. , Mathematics. , plural y-ax·es [wahy, -ak-seez]. Also called axis of ordinates. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually vertical, along which the ordinate is measured and from which the abscissa is measured.
noun. , Mathematics. , plural y-ax·es [wahy, -ak-seez]. Also called axis of ordinates. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually vertical, along which the ordinate is measured and from which the abscissa is measured.
