Cartesian axis

Cartesian axis

[kär′tē·zhən ′ak·səs]
(mathematics)
One of a set of mutually perpendicular lines which all pass through a single point, used to define a cartesian coordinate system; the value of one of the coordinates on the axis is equal to the directed distance from the intersection of axes, while the values of the other coordinates vanish.
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