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axial

adj
/ˈæk.sɪ.əl/UK/ˈæk.si.əl/US

Etymology

From axis + -al.

  1. derived from *h₂eḱs-✻
  2. borrowed from axis — “axle, axis”
  3. formed as axial — “axis + -al”

Definitions

  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

  2. Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ

    • the axial skeleton
    • the axial bones

  3. In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.

    • The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as…

      Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.

    2. A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.

    3. A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

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Derived

antiaxial, atlantoaxial, axial chirality, axiality, axial lead, axial lobe, axially, axial mining, axial plane, axial point, axial precession, axial tilt, axial vector, axipolar, buccoaxial, co-axial, computed axial tomography, diaxial, epaxial, equiaxial, extraaxial, hexaxial, hypaxial, hypoaxial, interaxial, intraaxial, mesoaxial, microaxial, monaxial, monoaxial, neuroaxial, nonaxial, occipitoaxial, orthaxial, paraxial, periaxial, pluriaxial, polyaxial, postaxial, preaxial · +6 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA