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Etymology
Etymology tree English par- 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 English paraxial From par- + axial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lateral to the neural tube.
paraxial mesoderm
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(not-comparable) Near an optical axis.
paraxial radiation
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(not-comparable) Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system.
paraxial rectangle
Deriveds
paraxiality · paraxially · nonparaxial · anterioparaxial