Specific words for cross sections of different orientation
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
What is the structure from which a sign is hung called?
My grandparents had a structure at the last cattle guard before their ranch house from which a sign with the name of their ranch hung. It was two vertical poles, with a horizontal
Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal
Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 10 months ago Modified 1 year, 10 months ago
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
Standard abbreviations of “portrait” and “landscape”?
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
Generic term for ''row'' and ''column''
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
single word requests
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
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
What is meant by eye in “eye to the side” or “eye to the sky”?
You might find Flatbed Terminology useful. Apparently when a large coil is being transported on a truck, if the "eye" of the coil (either of the "open" ends) faces fowards or sideways (as opposed
meaning
The intersection of the vertical plane with the horizontal plane would form a transverse. This medical definition from thefreedictionary describes: transverse plane of
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