z-axis

[ zee-ak-sis ]

/ ˈziˌæk sɪs /

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noun, plural z-ax·es

[zee-ak-seez]. /ˈziˌæk siz/. Mathematics.

(in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system) the axis along which values of z are measured and at which both x and y equal zero.

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Origin of z-axis

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby z-axis

zastruga, zastrugi, Zatlers, Zátopek, zax, z-axis, zayde, Zaydi, zayin, za-zen, ZB

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How to use z-axis in a sentence

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Alexander Gilkes has partied with Jay Z in Paris and toured vineyards with the rapper, too.
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Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.
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Jay Z, Leonardo DiCaprio (also in Miami, sighted leaving a club with 20 women), and Owen Wilson are all dedicated art collectors.
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Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
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The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
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Cassini observed, by the position of certain spots, the revolution of the planet Venus on its axis.
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Messrs. X and Z had specially engaged two eminent organists to play for them.
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The same would be the case if the polar axis of one sphere stood precisely at right angles to that of the other.
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British Dictionary definitions for z-axis

z-axis

noun

a reference axis of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system along which the z- coordinate is measured

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Scientific definitions for z-axis

z-axis

[ zē′ăk′sĭs ]

One of the three axes of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.