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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.) One of
several
imaginary
lines,
assumed
in
describing
the
position
of the
planes
by which a
crystal
is
bounded..
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Unilateral
::
Unilateral
(a.)
Pertaining
to one side;
one-sided;
as, a
unilateral
raceme,
in which the
flowers
grow only on one side of a
common
axis, or are all
turned
to one
side..
Dial
::
Dial (n.) An
instrument,
formerly
much used for
showing
the time of day from the
shadow
of a style or
gnomon
on a
graduated
arc or
surface;
esp., a
sundial;
but there are lunar and
astral
dials.
The style or
gnomon
is
usually
parallel
to the
earth's
axis, but the dial plate may be
either
horizontal
or
vertical..
Semicolumn
::
Semicolumn
(n.) A half
column;
a
column
bisected
longitudinally,
or along its
axis..
Axle
::
Axle (n.) An axis; as, the sun's
axle..
Orientation
::
Orientation
(n.) The
tendency
of a
revolving
body, when
suspended
in a
certain
way, to bring the axis of
rotation
into
parallelism
with the
earth's
axis..
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..
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..
Clinodiagonal
::
Clinodiagonal
(n.) That
diagonal
or
lateral
axis in a
monoclinic
crystal
which makes an
oblique
angle with the
vertical
axis. See
Crystallization.
Cam
::
Cam (n.) A
curved
wedge,
movable
about an axis, used for
forcing
or
clamping
two
pieces
together..
Roll
::
Roll (v. i.) To move, as a
curved
object
may, along a
surface
by
rotation
without
sliding;
to
revolve
upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the
earth;
a body rolls on an
inclined
plane..
Spindle
::
Spindle
(n.) A
slender
rod or pin on which
anything
turns;
an axis; as, the
spindle
of a
vane..
Brachydome
::
Brachydome
(n.) A dome
parallel
to the
shorter
lateral
axis. See Dome.
Interaxis
::
Interaxis
(n.) The space
between
two axes. See Axis, 6..
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..
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..
Turn
::
Turn (v. i.) To move
round;
to have a
circular
motion;
to
revolve
entirely,
repeatedly,
or
partially;
to
change
position,
so as to face
differently;
to whirl or wheel
round;
as, a wheel turns on its axis; a
spindle
turns on a
pivot;
a man turns on his
heel..
Posterior
::
Posterior
(a.) On the side next the axis of
inflorescence;
-- said of an
axillary
flower.
Rotate
::
Rotate
(v. i.) To turn, as a
wheel,
round an axis; to
revolve..
Subnotation
::
Subnormal
(n.) That part of the axis of a
curved
line which is
intercepted
between
the
ordinate
and the
normal.
Raceme
::
Raceme
(n.) A
flower
cluster
with an
elongated
axis and many
one-flowered
lateral
pedicels,
as in the
currant
and
chokecherry..
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