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x-axis, y-axis
On a chart or graph, the horizontal line is the x‑axis, and the vertical one is the y‑axis. Both terms have a hyphen.
- Stanley has trouble remembering which of the two axes is the x‑axis and which is the y‑axis.
The plural forms are x‑axes and y‑axes.
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