Example Sentences

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The x- and y-axes could be aligned to point east and north, respectively.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Identify the x- and y-axes that will be used in the problem.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Resolve or break the motion into horizontal and vertical components along the x- and y-axes.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The field of graph theory deals not with plots of data over x- and y-axes but rather with what laypersons might call networks.

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2012

Bohm had suggested swapping the values of the particles' spins along the x- and y-axes for position and momentum.

From Scientific American • Jan. 30, 2012