The x coordinate is the distance to the right (East) from the origin while the y coordinate is the distance up the page (North).
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There are infinitely many possible correspondences between points in the coordinate plane. Some examples: Every point with coordinates (x+1, y) is one unit to the right of the point at (x, y). Every point with coordinates (x, y+1) is one unit up from the point at (x, y). Every point with coordinates (x, -y) is the reflection, in the y-axis of the point at (x, y).
The average of the x coordinates of the point(s) is the x coordinate of the mid point, The average of the y coordinates of the point(s) is the y coordinate of the mid point, and so on, through 3, 4 dimensions, etc.
If a point is at coordinates (x , y), then move it to (-x, -y).
It is either the "origin of coordinates" or (more often abbreviated to) the "origin".
When x = 0, the point that has (0, y) coordinates will be on the y-axis for any y.