What is the correct way to refer to Cartesian axes?

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I learnt to refer to the xx and yy axes. However, a reviewer of a particular article is claiming that "x axis" and "y axis" are more common.

What is the most appropriate/correct way of referring to the Cartesian axes?

Juan Pablo Carbajal

The way I was taught in school is: the abscissa (horizontal) and the ordinate (vertical), but it might sound to pompous for some people. I would suggest calling them the horizontal and the vertical axes, but never the "x and y", because the name of the variable is irrelevant.

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