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Definition of axis
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of axis is as below...
Axis (n.) The stem; the
central
part, or
longitudinal
support,
on which
organs
or parts are
arranged;
the
central
line of any
body..
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Vortex
::
Vortex
(n.) A
supposed
collection
of
particles
of very
subtile
matter,
endowed
with a rapid
rotary
motion
around
an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a
planet.
Descartes
attempted
to
account
for the
formation
of the
universe,
and the
movements
of the
bodies
composing
it, by a
theory
of
vortices..
Axis
::
Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the
vertebra,
which is
prolonged
anteriorly
within
the
foramen
of the first
vertebra
or
atlas,
so as to form the
odontoid
process
or peg which
serves
as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn
upon..
Gnomon
::
Gnomon
(n.) The style or pin, which by its
shadow,
shows the hour of the day. It is
usually
set
parallel
to the
earth's
axis..
Gorgonia
::
Gorgonia
(n.) A genus of
Gorgoniacea,
formerly
very
extensive,
but now
restricted
to such
species
as the West
Indian
sea fan
(Gorgonia
flabellum),
sea plume (G.
setosa),
and other
allied
species
having
a
flexible,
horny
axis..
Axial
::
Axial (a.)
Belonging
to the axis of the body; as, the axial
skeleton;
or to the axis of any
appendage
or
organ;
as, the axial
bones..
Ginglymodi
::
Ginglymodi
(n.) An order of
ganoid
fishes,
including
the
modern
gar pikes and many
allied
fossil
forms.
They have
rhombic,
ganoid
scales,
a
heterocercal
tail,
paired
fins
without
an axis,
fulcra
on the fins, and a bony
skeleton,
with the
vertebrae
convex
in front and
concave
behind,
forming
a ball and
socket
joint.
See
Ganoidel..
Swivel
::
Swivel
(a.) A
piece,
as a ring or hook,
attached
to
another
piece by a pin, in such a
manner
as to
permit
rotation
about the pin as an
axis..
Neuroskeleton
::
Neuroskeleton
(n.) The
deep-seated
parts of the
vertebrate
skeleton
which are
relation
with the
nervous
axis and
locomation.
Parietal
::
Parietal
(a.)
Attached
to the main wall of the
ovary,
and not to the axis; -- said of a
placenta..
Trochoid
::
Trochoid
(a.)
Admitting
of
rotation
on an axis; --
sometimes
applied
to a pivot joint like that
between
the atlas and axis in the
vertebral
column.
Spinetail
::
Spinetail
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of South
American
and
Central
American
clamatorial
birds
belonging
to
Synallaxis
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Dendrocolaptidae.
They are
allied
to the
ovenbirds.
Knife-edge
::
Knife-edge
(n.) A piece of steel
sharpened
to an acute edge or
angle,
and
resting
on a
smooth
surface,
serving
as the axis of
motion
of a
pendulum,
scale beam, or other piece
required
to
oscillate
with the least
possible
friction..
Interaxal
::
Interaxal
(a.)
Situated
in an
interaxis.
Gorgoniacea
::
Gorgoniacea
(n. pl.) One of the
principal
divisions
of
Alcyonaria,
including
those forms which have a firm and
usually
branched
axis,
covered
with a
porous
crust,
or
c/nenchyma,
in which the polyp cells are
situated..
Corticifer
::
Corticifer
(n.) One of the
Gorgoniacea;
-- so
called
because
the
fleshy
part
surrounds
a solid axis, like a
bark..
Cephalocercal
::
Cephalocercal
(a.)
Relating
to the long axis of the body.
Conoid
::
Conoid
(n.) A solid
formed
by the
revolution
of a conic
section
about its axis; as, a
parabolic
conoid,
elliptic
conoid,
etc.; -- more
commonly
called
paraboloid,
ellipsoid,
etc..
Eccentricity
::
Eccentricity
(n.) The
distance
of the
center
of
figure
of a body, as of an
eccentric,
from an axis about which it
turns;
the
throw..
Rotation
::
Rotation
(n.) The act of
turning,
as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as
distinguished
from the
progressive
motion
of a
revolving
round
another
body or a
distant
point;
thus, the daily
turning
of the earth on its axis is a
rotation;
its
annual
motion
round the sun is a
revolution..
Diaphysis
::
Diaphysis
(n.) An
abnormal
prolongation
of the axis of
inflorescence.
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