- Height and Weight - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used Ask Question Asked 11 years, 4 months ago Modified 4 years, 7 months ago
- single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and . . .
70 When working in a 2D coordinate system you could say that X is the horizontal axis and Y is the vertical axis Extending this to 3D, is there a similar word for the Z axis? (I'm aware of Width, Height and Depth, but obviously horizontal and vertical aren't synonymous to width and height, which is why I don't want to call the Z axis the depth
- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the United States, most style guides that I have encountered recommend including the second hyphen in situations such as "8-foot-long bridge " Here is how some guides frame their advice From The Associated Press Stylebook (2002): dimensions Use figures and spell out inches, feet, yards, etc , to indicate depth, height, length, and width Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns [Relevant
- Pronunciation of the words height and weight
Why is "height" an "weight" pronounced differently, when the spellings are so similar? Is there any logical explanation or it evolved that way?
- meaning - Difference between floor and storey - English Language . . .
I've read once about "x stories" Want to know if there is any difference between stories and floors Or they are just alias for each other used in different variations of English language?
- How did nominal come to mean within acceptable tolerances?
The word quot;nominal quot; has a number of definitions For example, the Free Dictionary gives seven: nom·i·nal (nm-nl) adj a Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names b
- What is the difference between dimension, dimensional and . . .
A measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height: Length is a dimension in this system Transforming a noun into an adjective with - al denotes relating to or kind of: The noun dimension + - al produces the adjective dimensional: relating to dimension The Y axis is a dimensional reference for length in the
- What is the rule for adjective order? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It is impossible to give exact rules, but adjectives of size, length and height often come first The round glass table (NOT the glass round table) A big, modern brick house (NOT a modern, big brick house) Long, flexible steel poles A tall, ancient oak-tree Adjectives which express judgements or attitudes usually come before all others
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