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 and y-axis Remembered! The x-axis and y-axis are two lines that create the coordinate plane. The x-axis is a horizontal line and the y-axis is a vertical line. I'm sure you've heard that a million times, but it might hard for you to remember which one is which. Here is a little trick to help you remember...