Let's consider a code example showing what would be allowed (or not) using different levels of inheritance: 1  class BaseClass {}; void freeStandingFunction(BaseClass* b); class DerivedProtected : protected BaseClass { DerivedProtected() { freeStandingFunction(this); // Allowed } };
Definition of Horizontal Axis. Horizontal means flat or level. Horizontal axis is the x-axis on a graph. The blue number line in the figure below is the x-axis, the horizontal axis.
The vertical axis is used to represent one factor, such as price, while the horizontal axis is used to represent a second factor, such as quantity. The curve of market demand is negatively sloped from right to left, representing the law of demand, while the aggregate curve represents additional factors.