axial
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæk.sɪ.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæk.si.əl/
Adjective
axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)
- Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
- 1965 November 6, G. Colombo, “Rotational Period of the Planet Mercury”, in Nature, volume 208, number 575, :
- The axial asymmetry of Mercury's inertia ellipsoid may result in a torque that counterbalances the tidal torque
- (anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
- the axial skeleton
- the axial bones
- (botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
- The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.
- (physical chemistry, organic chemistry) Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.
Coordinate terms
- anterior
- apical
- apicocoronal
- axial
- buccal
- buccoapical
- buccocervical
- buccogingival
- buccolabial
- buccolingual
- bucco-occlusal
- buccopalatal
- cervical
- coronal
- coronoapical
- distal
- distoapical
- distobuccal
- distocclusal
- distocervical
- distoclusal
- distocoronal
- distofacial
- distogingival
- distoincisal
- distolingual
- disto-occlusal
- distopalatal
- facial
- gingival
- incisal
- incisocervical
- inferior
- labial
- lingual
- linguobuccal
- linguo-occlusal
- mandibular
- maxillary
- mesial
- mesioapical
- mesiobuccal
- mesiocclusal
- mesiocervical
- mesioclusal
- mesiocoronal
- mesiodistal
- mesiofacial
- mesiogingival
- mesioincisal
- mesiolingual
- mesio-occlusal
- mesiopalatal
- occlusal
- palatal
- posterior
- proximal
- superior
- vestibular
Derived terms
- antiaxial
- atlantoaxial
- axiality
- axial lead
- axial lobe
- axially
- axial mining
- axial plane
- axial point
- axial tilt
- axial vector
- axipolar
- buccoaxial
- co-axial
- computed axial tomography
- diaxial
- epaxial
- equiaxial
- extraaxial
- hexaxial
- hypaxial
- hypoaxial
- interaxial
- intraaxial
- mesoaxial
- microaxial
- monaxial
- monoaxial
- neuroaxial
- nonaxial
- occipitoaxial
- orthaxial
- paraxial
- periaxial
- pluriaxial
- polyaxial
- postaxial
- preaxial
- pseudoaxial
- quadriaxial
- subaxial
- tetraxial
- transaxial
- tri-axial
Translations
of or pertaining to an axis
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belonging to the axis of the body
botany: in the same direction as the axis
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See also
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.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
axial (feminine axiale, masculine plural axiaux, feminine plural axiales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “axial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
axial (strong nominative masculine singular axialer, not comparable)
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist axial | sie ist axial | es ist axial | sie sind axial | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | axialer | axiale | axiales | axiale |
| genitive | axialen | axialer | axialen | axialer | |
| dative | axialem | axialer | axialem | axialen | |
| accusative | axialen | axiale | axiales | axiale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der axiale | die axiale | das axiale | die axialen |
| genitive | des axialen | der axialen | des axialen | der axialen | |
| dative | dem axialen | der axialen | dem axialen | den axialen | |
| accusative | den axialen | die axiale | das axiale | die axialen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein axialer | eine axiale | ein axiales | (keine) axialen |
| genitive | eines axialen | einer axialen | eines axialen | (keiner) axialen | |
| dative | einem axialen | einer axialen | einem axialen | (keinen) axialen | |
| accusative | einen axialen | eine axiale | ein axiales | (keine) axialen | |
Positive forms of axial (uncomparable)
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
axial m or f (plural axiais)
- axial (of or relating to an axis)
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
axial m or n (feminine singular axială, masculine plural axiali, feminine and neuter plural axiale)
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
axial m or f (masculine and feminine plural axiales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “axial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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