x-axis

English

Noun

Illustration of the x, y, and z axes of a three-dimensional graph.

x-axis (plural x-axes)

1. (algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn left to right and usually shows the range of values of an independent variable.

Translations

axis drawn from left to right

Finnish: x-akseli (fi) French: axe des abscisses m., axe des x (fr) m. Japanese: X軸 (ekkusu-jiku)

Norwegian: x-akse (no) m. Swedish: x-axel (sv) c. Turkish: x ekseni (tr), x-ekseni (tr)

See also

• y-axis
• z-axis