coordinate axis

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   one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system

   Broaderaxis

   Narrowerx-axisy-axisz-axis

   Part ofcoordinate system

Questions about coordinate axis

What does coordinate axis mean?

coordinate axis means "one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system".

Is coordinate axis a common word?

coordinate axis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.