Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Fediverse@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-25 months ago[Axes do not start at 0] Lemmy reaches 57k monthly active userslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1image[Axes do not start at 0] Lemmy reaches 57k monthly active userslemmy.dbzer0.comBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Fediverse@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoLiterally what is says, the Y axis starts at 40k for instance
minus-squareMonstrosity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agoOh, “Axis”. Got it. EDIT: Axes, it turns out, is plural for axis. TIL
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-26 months ago“Axis” and “axes” (plural of axe) are homophones, but are not homographs. “Axes” (plural of axe) and “axes” (plural of axis) are homographs but are not homophones. English is a clusterfuck.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months ago plural axes https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/axis The term axes is used when referring to more than one axis in a multidimensional space, such as in a graph or geometric figure. https://www.grammarly.com/commonly-confused-words/axes-vs-axis
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Literally what is says, the Y axis starts at 40k for instance
Oh, “Axis”. Got it.
EDIT: Axes, it turns out, is plural for axis. TIL
“Axis” and “axes” (plural of axe) are homophones, but are not homographs.
“Axes” (plural of axe) and “axes” (plural of axis) are homographs but are not homophones.
English is a clusterfuck.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/axis
https://www.grammarly.com/commonly-confused-words/axes-vs-axis