AXIAL

axial

(adjective) situated on or along or in the direction of an axis

axial

(adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation

axile, axial

(adjective) relating to or attached to the axis; “axial angle”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)

Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis

(anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ

(botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.

Noun

axial (plural axials)

(ornithology) A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.

(dentistry) A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

Source: Wiktionary

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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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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