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y axis [′wī ‚ak·səs]

(crystallography)

A line perpendicular to two opposite parallel faces of a quartz crystal.

(mathematics)

A vertical axis in a system of rectangular coordinates.

That line on which distances above or below (north or south) the reference line are marked, especially on a map, chart, or graph.

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