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paraxial

adj

Etymology

From par- + axial.

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

Definitions

  1. Lateral to the neural tube.

    • paraxial mesoderm

  2. Near an optical axis.

    • paraxial radiation

  3. Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system.

    • paraxial rectangle

The neighborhood

Derived

anterioparaxial, nonparaxial, paraxiality, paraxially

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