Like x-axis is abscissa, y-axis is ordinate what is z-axis called?
It is one of basic doubts from my childhood.
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$\begingroup$It apparently is called "applicate". See for reference.
For 3D diagrams, the names "abscissa" and "ordinate" are rarely used for x and y, respectively. When they are, the z-coordinate is sometimes called the applicate. The words abscissa, ordinate and applicate are sometimes used to refer to coordinate axes rather than the coordinate values.
Which again refers to .
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