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single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...
2012年1月31日 · 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 ...
2014年4月19日 · 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 ...
Standard abbreviations of “portrait” and “landscape”?
2018年2月21日 · I am thinking “vert” and “horiz” could be good, for vertical and horizontal. But I'm not sure if they would add to confusion, since they deviate from the standard terminology. I am also considering “port” and “land” as well, but I don't like that those words have their own meanings by themselves. It could cause confusion.
Split horizontally or vertically – which one is which?
2015年12月13日 · '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.
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2016年4月13日 · 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.
meaning - Origin of "Plumb" to mean "absolutely" - English …
2011年6月15日 · 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).
Technical Names for Body Halves – Upper and Lower
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etymology - Origin of the phrase "pit of despair" - English …
2022年11月9日 · The pit of despair was a name used by American comparative psychologist Harry Harlow for a device he designed, technically called a vertical chamber apparatus, that he used in experiments on rhesus macaque monkeys at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1970s. - Wikipedia. Curious if y'all might have some thoughts.
punctuation - How to Write an Address in a Single Line? - English ...
2019年5月30日 · 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 (|).