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水平方向 (すいへいほうこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

水すい平へい方ほう向こう

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Meanings

1

horizontal direction

Technical term used in computing, engineering, and physics to refer to the horizontal axis or orientation.

画が像ぞうを水すい平へい方ほう向こうに反はん転

てん

さ

せる

。

Flip the image horizontally.

このグラフの水すい平へい方ほう向こうの軸じくは時じ間かんを表あらわしている。

The horizontal axis of this graph represents time.

Kanji

水water
平even, flat, peace
方direction, person, alternative
向yonder, facing, beyond

Related words

垂すい直ちょく方ほう向こう
Means 'vertical direction', the perpendicular counterpart to 水平方向.
水すい平へい
A more general term for 'horizontal' or 'level', used as a noun or adjective, while 水平方向 specifically refers to the direction.

Built from

水すい平へい+方ほう向こう

Etymology

Compound of 水平 (horizontal) and 方向 (direction).