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  1. 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.

  2. Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal ...

    Apr 19, 2014 · Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 4 months ago Modified 1 year, 4 months ago

  3. expressions - Is x plotted against y or is y plotted against x ...

    The convention is that x would occupy the horizontal axis, while y occupies the vertical axis, regardless if x is plotted against y, or y against x. Visually, which often would appear mutually indiscriminatable for 1-1 mapping plots.

  4. Is there a hypernym for "horizontal" and "vertical"?

    If I want to speak of North, South, East, West in a general sense I could, for example, use the term cardinal direction. Which term is appropriate to sum up horizontal and vertical in the same man...

  5. A word to describe vertical and horizontal movement?

    Sep 8, 2015 · Orthogonal does not imply horizontal and vertical movement. Orthogonal implies that one movement is at a right angle with respect to the other. Horizontal and diagonal movements are thus always orthogonal, but two diagonal movements can also be orthogonal to each other. In fact, the two diagonal movements in chess are orthogonal to each other.

  6. Split horizontally or vertically – which one is which?

    Dec 13, 2015 · 12 Given some object, you can split it with a horizontal cut into two objects that are laid out vertically (above each other), or you can split it with a vertical cut into two objects that are laid out horizontally (next to each other). When you say "split horizontally" or "split vertically", which one is which?

  7. punctuation - How to Write an Address in a Single Line? - English ...

    Jun 13, 2017 · A good rule of thumb is to consider the purpose of the address. If you're informing someone of where something is, spell the address out in full: "The university's campus, located at 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, is situated at the edge of Wascana Park." versus if you wanted to put the address for contact purposes: "Should you have any questions, …

  8. 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.

  9. single word requests - Generic term for 'row' and 'column'

    Oct 22, 2013 · Is there a single, more generic term that can be used to describe both a row and a column? In English, we can refer to a line as being horizontal or vertical, but unless we say ‘a line of something’,

  10. Is there a word for a road or river that runs almost "vertical" in the …

    Nov 20, 2016 · Is there an adjective to describe a road or a river whose orientation is nearly north to south (e.g. looks vertical in the map)? An example sentence would be, " the [word] highway between Foopolis and Barville forms the western border of the State of Ipsumia.