real axis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of real axis
First recorded in 1830–35
Example Sentences
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“There will be a little bit of moisture from that, and the real axis is split between the Northwest, Southern California and parts of Baja California.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
What if the set doesn’t come in one convenient piece like the interval between 0 and 1 and it’s a collection of points scattered randomly about the real axis?
From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2018
Label the x-axis as the real axis and the y-axis as the imaginary axis.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
The horizontal axis is the real axis, and the vertical axis is the imaginary axis.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
The axis Ox is often called the real axis, and the axis Oy the imaginary axis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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