tick marks

基本解釋

You can turn tick marks on and off at the minor and micro level.
可以在微觀和宏觀級(jí)別打開(kāi)和關(guān)閉刻度標(biāo)記。
These tick marks will remind you you're wasting time every time you touch that paper.
這些標(biāo)記會(huì)在你碰到這些紙的時(shí)候提醒你在浪費(fèi)自己的時(shí)間。
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For example, if majorTick is not false, your chart will show the tick marks along the axis.
例如，如果 majorTick 不為 false，您的圖表將沿著軸顯示刻度標(biāo)記。

but you can sort of tell that the particle is moving slowly or rapidly by looking at the space in between these tick marks.
但你可以通過(guò)觀察計(jì)時(shí)點(diǎn)之間的距離,來(lái)判斷該物體運(yùn)動(dòng)的快慢
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Another change would be to put the tick marks and labels of the bottom chart outside the figure so as not to interfere with the data.
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