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y-axis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top and usually shows the range of values of variable dependent on one other variable, or the second of two independent variables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ordinate

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coordinate axis

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ос y — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Bulgarian: ординатна ос (ordinatna os) — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Dutch: y-as — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Finnish: y-akseli — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • French: axe des y — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • French: axe des ordonnées — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • German: Y-Achse — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Italian: asse y — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Italian: asse delle y — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Japanese: Y軸 (wai-jiku) — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Korean: Y축 (waichuk) — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Norwegian: y-akse — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Polish: oś rzędnych — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Polish: oś y — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Russian: ось y (osʹ y) — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Russian: ось ордина́т (osʹ ordinát) — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Swedish: y-axel — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Tagalog: taluhog-y — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Turkish: y ekseni — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top
  • Turkish: y-ekseni — axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top