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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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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..
Fly
::
Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a
revolving
axis, to act as a
fanner,
or to
equalize
or
impede
the
motion
of
machinery
by the
resistance
of the air, as in the
striking
part of a
clock..
Inflexed
::
Inflexed
(a.) Bent or
turned
abruptly
inwards,
or
toward
the axis, as the
petals
of a
flower..
Barker''s Mill
::
Barker's
mill () A
machine,
invented
in the 17th
century,
worked
by a form of
reaction
wheel.
The water flows into a
vertical
tube and
gushes
from
apertures
in
hollow
horizontal
arms,
causing
the
machine
to
revolve
on its
axis..
Chittra
::
Chittra
(n.) The axis deer of
India.
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..
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..
Prophylaxis
::
Prophylaxis
(n.) The art of
preserving
from, or of
preventing,
disease;
the
observance
of the rules
necessary
for the
preservation
of
health;
preservative
or
preventive
treatment..
Induplicate
::
Induplicate
(a.)
Having
the edges
rolled
inward
and then
arranged
about the axis
without
overlapping;
-- said of
leaves
in
vernation.
Myelencephalon
::
Myelencephalon
(n.) The brain and
spinal
cord; the
cerebro-spinal
axis; the
neuron.
Sometimes
abbreviated
to
myelencephal.
Equatorial
::
Equatorial
(n.) An
instrument
consisting
of a
telescope
so
mounted
as to have two axes of
motion
at right
angles
to each
other,
one of them
parallel
to the axis of the
earth,
and each
carrying
a
graduated
circle,
the one for
measuring
declination,
and the other right
ascension,
or the hour
angle,
so that the
telescope
may be
directed,
even in the
daytime,
to any star or other
object
whose right
ascension
and
declination
are
known.
The
motion
in right
ascension
is
sometimes
communicated
by
clockw
Anteversion
::
Anteversion
(n.) A
displacement
of an
organ,
esp. of the
uterus,
in such
manner
that its whole axis is
directed
further
forward
than
usual..
Rotary
::
Rotary
(a.)
Turning,
as a wheel on its axis;
pertaining
to, or
resembling,
the
motion
of a wheel on its axis;
rotatory;
as,
rotary
motion..
Run
::
Run (a.) To turn, as a
wheel;
to
revolve
on an axis or
pivot;
as, a wheel runs
swiftly
round..
Elevation
::
Elevation
(n.) The
movement
of the axis of a piece in a
vertical
plane;
also, the angle of
elevation,
that is, the angle
between
the axis of the piece and the line o/
sight;
--
distinguished
from
direction..
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..
Prism
::
Prism (n.) A form the
planes
of which are
parallel
to the
vertical
axis. See Form, n., 13..
Raceme
::
Raceme
(n.) A
flower
cluster
with an
elongated
axis and many
one-flowered
lateral
pedicels,
as in the
currant
and
chokecherry..
Monostichous
::
Monostichous
(a.)
Arranged
in a
single
row on one side of an axis, as the
flowers
in
grasses
of the tribe
Chloridae..
Induplicate
::
Induplicate
(a.)
Having
the edges bent
abruptly
toward
the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or
corolla
in
aestivation.
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