The x-axis is horizontal and the y-axis is vertical; what is the z-axis?

Question

(Going by the same naming conventions.)
I asked 6 different people this same question; among the answers: depth-axis, idk lol, translinear, teleolical (yeah, he made it up), no idea, and z-axial

Answer 1

Straight from the horses mouth.

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/z/zaxis.htm

Answer 2

In cartesian coordinate system, you can think of it this way (as drawn on a flat piece of paper):

x-axis is Left-Right

y-axis in Up-Down

z-axis is Forward-Back (or up coming out of the page // down going into and through the page)

(That is why depth axis is probably most descriptive of the above descriptions that you gave)



Just to confuse you a bit more, if you are using vectors to describe the location of an object, the following convention is usually used:

x-axis is East-West

y-axis is North-South

z-axis is Vertical (Elevation/ Altitude) or (up-down)

Answer 3

In a 3D dimension, x-axis is no longer horizontal, and y-axis is no longer vertical. When you talk about that in space, you would have to define which axis is which, for example X axis running north-south, Y running east-west, and Z running up-down.



In computer terminology, Z axis gives depth to 2D graphics; hence, the depth axis. You won't call it a depth axis in Physics. All axes are meaninglessly equal.

Answer 4

The Z axis is perpendicular to both the X and Y axis. If you put an x and y axis on



your paper ( a giant plus sign) the z axis is coming out of the paper where the x and y



axis cross.

Answer 5

If you use a perspective view like following diagram:

y

| _ x

/

z



Then:

* x-axis = lateral

* y-axis = vertical

* z-axis = horizontal



I know it s an old question, but, who cares?

Answer 6

X Y And Z Axis

Answer 7

yeah bro, the answer is just depth. think of a brick laying like it does when it's in a building. how tall it is is the y axis. how thick it is is the x axis, and how long it is is the z axis. it's what makes things 3-dimensional.

Answer 8

You have not asked your curios question to the right person(teacher) yet have you??

and

"The x-axis is horizontal and the y-axis is vertical" this statement is incorrect.. check your facts



There's actually a simple explanation, i hope you understand 1-D(e.g. line on a page),2-D, 3-D(three dimensional, e.g. cube,cuboid)

1-D-involves one axis say the X-axis,

2-D involves two axis's say X and Y axis,

3-D involves three axis's say X,Y,Z axis...

WATCH THIS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZW7hNEt3PA

Answer 9

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RE:

The x-axis is horizontal and the y-axis is vertical; what is the z-axis?

(Going by the same naming conventions.)

I asked 6 different people this same question; among the answers: depth-axis, idk lol, translinear, teleolical (yeah, he made it up), no idea, and z-axial

Answer 10

Depth. If you're creating something in 3D, you need to know not only how tall and wide it is, but also how deep it is. Hence, the need for a z-axis

Answer 11

Perpendicular to the x-axis

Answer 12

commonly it refers to depth, and is graphed as the depth dimension of a 3d graphing plane.

Answer 13

perpendicular to x-y plane

Answer 14

i don't know.