z-axis

1. 1.

   the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system

   Broadercoordinate axis

Questions about z-axis

What does z-axis mean?

z-axis means "the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system".

How many syllables are in z-axis?

z-axis has 2 syllables and divides as z-ax-is under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is z-axis a common word?

z-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.