How to Use x-axis in a Sentence

x-axis

noun

• Soon, the application of some instrument oil, silicone grease, and Kimwipes had the x-axis and pen lifter working again.
  — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025
• Y-axis ranges from $0 to $10,000; x-axis spans 2019 to 2025.
  — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
• One way to represent a complex number like a + ib is as a point on a plane, where a is the position on the x-axis (which can be thought of as the real number line) and b is the position on an imaginary y-axis.
  — Daniel Garisto, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
• In place of drums is a constant floor of undulating synth bass, which sometimes twists itself into the treble range but mostly functions as the x-axis to the percussion’s y in the vast lattice structure that supports this music.
  — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
• The MiniKit uses two stepper motors to position the penholder, but rather than having the motors drive motion along the x and y axes directly, both motors are placed on opposite ends of the x-axis rail.
  — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2020