Axis

An axis is a line with respect to which a curve or figure is drawn, measured, rotated, etc. The most common axes encountered are commonly the mutually perpendicular Cartesian axes in the plane or in space.

The plural of "axis" is "axes," pronounced "ax-ees."

The term is also used to refer to a line through a sheaf of planes (Woods 1961; Altshiller-Court 1979, p. 12).

See also

Abscissa, Brocard Axis, Lemoine Axis, Line, Medial Axis, Ordinate, Orthic Axis, Perspective Axis, Perspectrix, Radical Line, Real Axis, Semimajor Axis, Semiminor Axis, Sheaf of Planes, x-Axis, y-Axis, z-Axis

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References

Altshiller-Court, N. Modern Pure Solid Geometry. New York: Chelsea, 1979.Woods, F. S. Higher Geometry: An Introduction to Advanced Methods in Analytic Geometry. New York: Dover, p. 8, 1961.

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