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 x-axis is essentially an infinite number line running horizontally in both positive and negative directions outward from zero. With the use of such a number line, any number can be found and plotted. The y-axis is a similar number line, only running vertically and perpendicular to the first.