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Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 12 years ago Modified 2 years ago

Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal ...

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 line of something’,

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 plan is a horizontal section viewed from the top. This would suggest that section is only appropriate for vertical planes. However, section is more generally defined as, per dictionary.com: a representation of an ...

Mullioned windows are windows divided into panes by inner frames. The vertical frames are called mullions. What do we call the horizontal frames?

The intersection of the vertical plane with the horizontal plane would form a transverse. This medical definition from thefreedictionary.com describes: transverse plane of space, n an imaginary plane that cuts the body in two, separating the superior half from the inferior half, and that lies at a right angle from the body's vertical axis.