UNIAXIAL

Etymology

Adjective

uniaxial (not comparable)

Having a single axis; monoaxial

(botany) Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower

Anagrams

• auxilian

Source: Wiktionary


U`ni*ax"i*al, a. Etym: [Uni + axial.]

1. (Crystallog.)

Definition: Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.

Note: In uniaxial crystals, the optic axis has the direction of the vertical crystallographic axis. All tetragonal and hexagonal crystals are uniaxial.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane;

– opposed to multiaxial.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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