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Glossary: Data Visualization

Formatter, locator

Also written: formatter, locator, tick formatter

The two parts of an axis that control ticks: a locator decides where ticks go, and a formatter decides what the tick labels say. Examples are `MonthLocator` and `ConciseDateFormatter`.

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Tick, tick labelmatplotlib.datesmatplotlib.ticker