y-axis
noun
y-ax·is
ˈwī-ˌak-səs 
1
: the axis of a plane Cartesian coordinate system parallel to which ordinates are measured
2
: one of the three axes in a three-dimensional rectangular coordinate system
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The x- and y-axes differ in scale from graph to graph.
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
Complex numbers can be plotted on a plane, with the real part on the x-axis and the imaginary part on the y-axis.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
So the y-axis is more stable, as the shift toward females in the labor market is balanced by a higher proportion going to university.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2010
Both plots were sourced from the same dataset and should thus be identical—but the plot in one paper has a y-axis with a scale that is about 7,000 times larger than the other.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 27 July 2023
The y-axis shows the speedup for Codon implementations over CPython implementations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2023
Fewer births means the percentage of the population of working age (15-64), represented here in the y-axis, climbs upward toward the rough threshold of the 65 percent necessary to potentially reap the economic benefits of the demographic dividend.
—National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
Complex numbers can be plotted on a plane, with the real part on the x-axis and the imaginary part on the y-axis.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
So the y-axis is more stable, as the shift toward females in the labor market is balanced by a higher proportion going to university.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2010
Both plots were sourced from the same dataset and should thus be identical—but the plot in one paper has a y-axis with a scale that is about 7,000 times larger than the other.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 27 July 2023
The y-axis shows the speedup for Codon implementations over CPython implementations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2023
Fewer births means the percentage of the population of working age (15-64), represented here in the y-axis, climbs upward toward the rough threshold of the 65 percent necessary to potentially reap the economic benefits of the demographic dividend.
—National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2023
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“Y-axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/y-axis. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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