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Definition of axis
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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..
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Monopodial
::
Monopodial
(a.)
Having
a
monopodium
or a
single
and
continuous
axis, as a
birchen
twig or a
cornstalk..
Slue
::
Slue (v. t.) To turn about a fixed
point,
usually
the
center
or axis, as a spar or piece of
timber;
to turn; -- used also of any heavy
body..
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..
Taxis
::
Taxis (n.)
Manipulation
applied
to a
hernial
tumor,
or to an
intestinal
obstruction,
for the
purpose
of
reducing
it..
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..
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..
Fly
::
Fly (v. i.) A heavy
wheel,
or cross arms with
weights
at the ends on a
revolving
axis, to
regulate
or
equalize
the
motion
of
machinery
by means of its
inertia,
where the power
communicated,
or the
resistance
to be
overcome,
is
variable,
as in the steam
engine
or the
coining
press.
See Fly wheel
(below)..
Root
::
Root (n.) The
descending,
and
commonly
branching,
axis of a
plant,
increasing
in
length
by
growth
at its
extremity
only, not
divided
into
joints,
leafless
and
without
buds, and
having
for its
offices
to fix the plant in the
earth,
to
supply
it with
moisture
and
soluble
matters,
and
sometimes
to serve as a
reservoir
of
nutriment
for
future
growth.
A true root,
however,
may never reach the
ground,
but may be
attached
to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang
loosely
in the air, as in some
epiphy
Sensori-volitional
::
Sensori-volitional
(a.)
Concerned
both in
sensation
and
volition;
--
applied
to those nerve
fibers
which pass to and from the
cerebro-spinal
axis, and are
respectively
concerned
in
sensation
and
volition..
Brachydome
::
Brachydome
(n.) A dome
parallel
to the
shorter
lateral
axis. See Dome.
Reel
::
Reel (n.) A frame with
radial
arms, or a kind of
spool,
turning
on an axis, on which yarn,
threads,
lines,
or the like, are
wound;
as, a log reel, used by
seamen;
an
angler's
reel; a
garden
reel..
Peritomous
::
Peritomous
(a.)
Cleaving
in more
directions
than one,
parallel
to the
axis..
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..
Ellipse
::
Ellipse
(n.) An oval or
oblong
figure,
bounded
by a
regular
curve,
which
corresponds
to an
oblique
projection
of a
circle,
or an
oblique
section
of a cone
through
its
opposite
sides.
The
greatest
diameter
of the
ellipse
is the major axis, and the least
diameter
is the minor axis. See Conic
section,
under
Conic,
and cf.
Focus..
Gyrate
::
Gyrate
(n.) To
revolve
round a
central
point;
to move
spirally
about an axis, as a
tornado;
to
revolve..
Neuraxis
::
Neuraxis
(n.) See Axis
cylinder,
under
Axis..
Lytta
::
Lytta (n.) A
fibrous
and
muscular
band lying
within
the
longitudinal
axis of the
tongue
in many
mammals,
as the dog..
Quadrature
::
Quadrature
(a.) The act of
squaring;
the
finding
of a
square
having
the same area as some given
curvilinear
figure;
as, the
quadrature
of a
circle;
the
operation
of
finding
an
expression
for the area of a
figure
bounded
wholly
or in part by a
curved
line, as by a
curve,
two
ordinates,
and the axis of
abscissas..
Monopodium
::
Monopodium
(n.) A
single
and
continuous
vegetable
axis; --
opposed
to
sympodium.
Corncob
::
Corncob
(n.) The cob or axis on which the
kernels
of
Indian
corn grow.
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