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YAxis

The vertical axis of a two-dimensional plot in Cartesian coordinates. Physicists and astronomers sometimes call this axis the ordinate, although that term is more commonly used to refer to coordinates along the y-axis.


See also

Abscissa, Ordinate, x-Axis, z-Axis

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Weisstein, Eric W. "y-Axis." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/y-Axis.html

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