Meaning of AXIAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'akseeul
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- [adj] situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
- [adj] of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
- [adj] (botany) relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle"
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| | Synonyms: | | axile, lengthways, lengthwise |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ax"i*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or
resembling, an axis; around an axis.
To take on an axial, and not an equatorial,
direction. --Nichol.
2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial
skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as,
the axial bones.
{Axial line} (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic
force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to
the other. --Faraday.
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| | Related Terms: | | ascending, back, back-flowing, backward, centermost, central, centralized, centric, centroidal, centrosymmetric, concentrated, descending, down-trending, downward, drifting, flowing, fluent, flying, geocentric, going, gyrational, gyratory, key, middle, middlemost, midmost, mounting, omphalic, passing, pivotal, plunging, progressive, reflowing, refluent, regressive, retrogressive, rising, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running, rushing, sideward, sinking, soaring, streaming, umbilical, up-trending, upward |
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