The vertical axis to the same scale represents elapsed time and the diagonal is drawn in as shown.

The vertical axis represents the number of individual threads, and the horizontal axis is time.

The axes represent two traits of the market.

The vertical axis represents the size of the area that is captured in each one of these zones.

Here the central axis represents the Earth.

Note that if you graph the functions the axes represent quantities.

In the timing diagram, the horizontal axis represents time.

This axis represents the overall direction of the stream.

Each axis represents one of the data quantities to be plotted.

The individual axes represent number lines and so may contain small marks, called ticks, indicating significant values on the line.