- single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and . . .
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-dimensional) Which is the reason you may not find a word corresponding to the third dimension along with horizontal and vertical
- Specific words for cross sections of different orientation
According to Wikipedia's architectural drawing page: A cross section, also simply called a section, represents a vertical plane cut through the object, in the same way as a floor plan is a horizontal section viewed from the top This would suggest that section is only appropriate for vertical planes However, section is more generally defined as, per dictionary com: a representation of an
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The intersection of the vertical plane with the horizontal plane would form a transverse This medical definition from thefreedictionary com describes: transverse plane of space, n an imaginary plane that cuts the body in two, separating the superior half from the inferior half, and that lies at a right angle from the body's vertical axis
- 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
- What’s the difference between “line” and “row”?
To speak of a vertical row would seem somehow perverse It would seem far more meaningful to speak of arranging things in a vertical line—to distinguish this line from some other possible line in a different orientation (It might seem even more normal to speak of columns, but that is outside the scope of this Question )
- Standard abbreviations of “portrait” and “landscape”?
The terms “Portrait” and “landscape” are used to describe the orientation of content relative to a page or screen For the sake of keeping file names short and concise, what would be the best way to
- Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal . . .
Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 7 months ago Modified 1 year, 7 months ago
- terminology - Word for the distance from the waterline to the main deck . . .
What is the word for the distance from the waterline to the main deck of a ship? In other words, the height of the main deck (or gunwale if that has a name) above the water when the ship is at sea
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