xaxes

noun, plural x-ax·es

[eks-ak-seez] . Mathematics.

Also called axis of abscissas. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually horizontal, along which the abscissa is measured and from which the ordinate is measured. See diag. under abscissa.

(in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system) the axis along which values of x are measured and at which both y and z equal zero.

Origin:
1925–30

Can be confused: x-axis, y-axis.

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x-axis

—n
	a reference axis, usually horizontal, of a graph or two- or three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system along which the x-coordinate is measured

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x-axis

(ěks'āk'sĭs) Pronunciation Key

The horizontal axis of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.
One of the three axes of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.

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