OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2539

axe

/æks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
facha • hacha • machado • segur
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
hacha
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
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📚 noun • entry_id 6940

axis

/ˈæksɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
eje
An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning t…
The Earth rotates once a day on its axis
eje
A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
axis
The second cervical vertebra of the spine
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