Y Edit

y-

Hyphenate all words that begin with y used as a separate letter, such as y-coordinate and y-axis.

Don’t use italic formatting for the y in these words unless the entire word is italic.

Top ↑

y-axis

Use lowercase and hyphenate.

Don’t use italic formatting for the y in y-axis unless the entire word is italic.

Top ↑

y-coordinate

Use lowercase and hyphenate.

Don’t use italic formatting for the y in y-coordinate unless the entire word is italic.

Top ↑

YAML

Recursive acronym for YAML Ain’t Markup Language. Use uppercase.

Don’t use a filename extension to refer to a type of file. For example, use YAML file rather than .yaml file.

For more information, see Referring to file types.

Last updated: