in: an experiment (or a calculation)
is: the quantity whose value is monitored by the experimenter (or by the person doing the calculation). [P1.3]
is controlled by: the value of the independent variable to which it is connected by a set of experimental observations (or by a mathematical function). [M1.3]
on graphs is plotted: conventionally along the vertical axis. [P1.3]
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