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minus-squareMonstrosity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 days agoOh, “Axis”. Got it. EDIT: Axes, it turns out, is plural for axis. TIL
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-210 days 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-up2·10 days 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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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