Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

y-axis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: y-ax-is
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

y-axes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

x-axis z-axis

Synonyms

ordinate

Questions

What does y-axis mean?: 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.

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