single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...
2012年1月31日 · If x and y are horizontal, z is vertical; if x and z are horizontal, y is vertical. The words horizontal and vertical are generally used in a planar (2-dimensional) sense, not spatial (3 …
Is "She controls the horizontal, she controls the vertical" a common ...
2025年12月29日 · I am reading The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll. Page 13 of my copy says: Truly, the super-user is all-powerful: she controls the horizontal, she controls the vertical. I am not familiar with …
Specific words for cross sections of different orientation
2017年7月19日 · According to Wikipedia's architectural drawing page: A cross section, also simply called a section, represents a vertical plane cut through the object, in the same way as a floor plan is …
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2016年4月13日 · The intersection of the vertical plane with the horizontal plane would form a transverse. This medical definition from thefreedictionary.com describes: transverse plane of space, n an …
Generic term for 'row' and 'column' - English Language & Usage Stack ...
2013年10月22日 · Is there a single, more generic term that can be used to describe both a row and a column? In English, we can refer to a line as being horizontal or vertical, but unless we say ‘a line of …
Is there a hypernym for "horizontal" and "vertical"?
If I want to speak of North, South, East, West in a general sense I could, for example, use the term cardinal direction. Which term is appropriate to sum up horizontal and vertical in the same man...
Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal ...
2014年4月19日 · Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 9 months ago Modified 1 year, 9 months ago
A word to describe vertical and horizontal movement?
2015年9月8日 · Orthogonal does not imply horizontal and vertical movement. Orthogonal implies that one movement is at a right angle with respect to the other. Horizontal and diagonal movements are …
Standard abbreviations of “portrait” and “landscape”?
2018年2月21日 · The terms “Portrait” and “landscape” are used to describe the orientation of content relative to a page or screen. For the sake of keeping file names short and concise, what would be the …
Split horizontally or vertically – which one is which?
2015年12月13日 · 2 'Horizontal' means 'relating to the horizon', so strictly speaking whether a split is vertical or horizontal depends on its orientation relative to the ground. Or less strictly, 'horizontal' is …