critique

inverted axis

Axis running in reverse so that a rise reads as a fall.

Classification

critique

Attestation

English definition: Pandey et al., How Deceptive are Deceptive Visualizations?, CHI 2015 ↗

Sources (1)

Pandey et al., How Deceptive are Deceptive Visualizations?, CHI 2015 ↗

Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/inverted-axis.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. inverted axis. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/inverted-axis.html

BibTeX

@incollection{taudiere2026-inverted-axis,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {inverted axis},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/inverted-axis.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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