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Axial :: Axial (a.) Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis..

Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel..

Uniparous :: Uniparous (a.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.

Centrum :: Centrum (n.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra..

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or,

Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.

Latus Rectum :: Latus rectum () The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter..

Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Monoclinic :: Monoclinic (a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization..

Circumduction :: Circumduction (n.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface..

Paratactic :: Paratactic (a.) Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis..

Synteresis :: Syntaxis (n.) Syntax.

Cephalocercal :: Cephalocercal (a.) Relating to the long axis of the body.

Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer..

Oblatum :: Oblatum (n.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.

Parietal :: Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta..

Lytta :: Lytta (n.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog..

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