Definition of axis

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Axis (n.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded..

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Praxis :: Praxis (n.) An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice..
Axially :: Axially (adv.) In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line..
Swash :: Swash (v. t.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work..
Prism :: Prism (n.) A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13..
Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense..
Homotaxic :: Homotaxic (a.) Relating to homotaxis.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp..
Extrorse :: Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament..
Parietal :: Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta..
Monostichous :: Monostichous (a.) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae..
Contrate :: Contrate (a.) Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it..
Neuron :: Neuron (n.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.
Interaxis :: Interaxis (n.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6..
Rolling :: Rolling (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball..
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..
Symposiac :: Sympodium (n.) An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine..
Orthodiagonal :: Orthodiagonal (n.) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller..
Myelencephalon :: Myelencephalon (n.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.
Heterodromous :: Heterodromous (a.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis..
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