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  1. single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...

    Jan 31, 2012 · 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 …

  2. Specific words for cross sections of different orientation

    Jul 19, 2017 · 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 …

  3. meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 13, 2016 · 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 …

  4. Standard abbreviations of “portrait” and “landscape”?

    Feb 21, 2018 · 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal ...

    Apr 19, 2014 · Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 8 months ago Modified 1 year, 8 months ago

  7. 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...

  8. expressions - Is x plotted against y or is y plotted against x ...

    The convention is that x would occupy the horizontal axis, while y occupies the vertical axis, regardless if x is plotted against y, or y against x. Visually, which often would appear mutually indiscriminatable for …

  9. Technical Names for Body Halves – Upper and Lower

    Jul 2, 2015 · If I drew a vertical line from my head to my toes, my left and right halves would be bilaterally symmetric. What do you call a horizontal division? If I drew a line at my waist that …

  10. A word for forward/backward movement

    May 19, 2015 · The word you're looking for is longitudinal. (Wikipedia: Aircraft Principal Axes) Which is defined as: (Google: define longitudinal) running lengthwise rather than across For surface …