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  1. single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...

    Jan 31, 2012 · 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 …

  2. Generic term for 'row' and 'column' - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Oct 22, 2013 · 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 …

  3. Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal ...

    Apr 19, 2014 · Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago

  4. meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 13, 2016 · 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 …

  5. meaning - What is the name of the horizontal bar that intersects a ...

    Mar 4, 2020 · Mullioned windows are windows divided into panes by inner frames. The vertical frames are called mullions. What do we call the horizontal frames?

  6. Use of double colon (::) as a sentence separator [closed]

    Feb 19, 2024 · (possible) interest only: I use || to separate distinct thoughts in a comment field such as this one. || Using a double vertical separator is exceedingly non-standard but I think/hope/feel …

  7. single word requests - What is a vertical panorama called? - English ...

    Mar 26, 2022 · A person on a mountain has the greater field of view, perhaps. The maximum vertical distance that can be viewed is from the horizon (or objects on the horizon, including distant hills) to …

  8. Is there a standard symbol for denoting a chapter in a citation ...

    Sep 4, 2023 · No. The standard abbreviations are Ch. and Chap. …or at least, if there is such a symbol, Unicode doesn’t know about it yet — and Unicode is pretty comprehensive, including characters as …

  9. What’s the difference between “line” and “row”?

    To speak of a vertical row would seem somehow perverse. It would seem far more meaningful to speak of arranging things in a vertical line—to distinguish this line from some other possible line in a …

  10. 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...