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triaxial

adj

Etymology

From tri- + axial.

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

Definitions

  1. Having three axes.

    • triaxial graph paper

  2. Having three planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a scalene ellipsoid) and thus…

    Having three planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a scalene ellipsoid) and thus two axes of rotation

  3. Along all three axes

    • triaxial stress-testing of solids

The neighborhood

Derived

triaxially

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