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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 …

  2. 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 …

  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 …

  4. What is a word to accompany horizontal and vertical?

    If 'horizontal' follows the horizon, and 'vertical' ascends from the horizon, is there a word for a line from the viewer to the horizon? Otherwise, is there a broadly accepted business term for describing data …

  5. 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, 10 months ago Modified 1 year, 10 months ago

  6. 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...

  7. When do you use "middle" and when "center"?

    Sep 22, 2014 · 10 Middle means the half-position between two horizontal lines, levels, or a position in the Y-axis. Center means the half-position between two vertical lines, pillars, or a position in the X …

  8. What's the word for an unused, enclosed space between two …

    Aug 29, 2020 · Air shaft: (architecture) A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices. [Wikitionary] Or …

  9. Is there a word for 'cities with tall buildings'?

    Jan 31, 2023 · Is there a word that can be used to refer to cities with several tall buildings? There's an adjective, skyscraping, but that feels a little figurative. It feels a bit strange to put it as "Hon...

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

    Dec 13, 2015 · 2 '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 …