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axial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæk.sɪ.əl/ (UK)
  • /ˈæk.si.əl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English axial From axis + -al.

Meanings

  1. Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
    • The axial asymmetry of Mercury's inertia ellipsoid may result in a torque that counterbalances the tidal torque 1965 November 6, G. Colombo, “Rotational Period of the Planet Mercury”, in Nature, volume 208, number 575, →DOI:
  2. Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
    • the axial skeleton
    • the axial bones
    • Among the hypothesized diagnoses was metastatic carcinoma. In metastatic cancer, metastases are most frequent in the axial skeleton and are rare in the distal parts of the appendicular skeleton[…]. 2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27:
  3. In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
    • The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.
  4. (physical) Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.

Forms

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axical alternative lexicographic
more axial Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most axial Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

mesoaxial · intraaxial · hypoaxial · equiaxial · axial lead · axipolar · nonaxial · hypaxial · tetraxial · microaxial · tri-axial · monaxial · periaxial · axiality · axial lobe · computed axial tomography · hexaxial · paraxial · monoaxial · interaxial · pluriaxial · quadriaxial · axial chirality · antiaxial · preaxial · polyaxial · axial mining · axially · epaxial · buccoaxial · transaxial · occipitoaxial · diaxial · orthaxial · atlantoaxial · co-axial · axial point · neuroaxial · postaxial · axial tilt · subaxial · axial vector · pseudoaxial · axial precession · axial plane · extraaxial

Relateds

biaxial · uniaxial · coaxial · multiaxial · triaxial · adaxial · abaxial

Translations (32)

fr axial (botany: in the same direction as the axis) · kk өстік (of or pertaining to an axis) · bg аксиален (of or pertaining to an axis) · de axial (of or pertaining to an axis) · cs axiální (of or pertaining to an axis) · nn aksial (of or pertaining to an axis) · bg осов (of or pertaining to an axis) · la articulatio (of or pertaining to an axis) · pl osiowy (belonging to the axis of the body) · ro axial (of or pertaining to an axis) · es axil (of or pertaining to an axis) · fi aksiaalinen (belonging to the axis of the body) · ga aiseach (of or pertaining to an axis) · ru осево́й (of or pertaining to an axis) · es axial (of or pertaining to an axis) · fi aksiaalinen (botany: in the same direction as the axis) · ga aiseach (belonging to the axis of the body) · pl osiowy (of or pertaining to an axis) · cs osový (of or pertaining to an axis) · it assiale (of or pertaining to an axis) · ro axială (of or pertaining to an axis) · ga aiseach (botany: in the same direction as the axis) · de achsig (of or pertaining to an axis) · eo aksa (of or pertaining to an axis) · nb aksial (of or pertaining to an axis) · fr axial (of or pertaining to an axis) · fi aksiaalinen (of or pertaining to an axis) · ca axial (of or pertaining to an axis) · fr axial (belonging to the axis of the body) · da aksial (of or pertaining to an axis) · el αξονικός (of or pertaining to an axis) · hy առանցքային (of or pertaining to an axis)

axial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæk.sɪ.əl/ (UK)
  • /ˈæk.si.əl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English axial From axis + -al.

Meanings

  1. A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
  2. A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

Forms

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axical alternative lexicographic
axials Number=Plur lexicographic