Meanings (ES + gloss)
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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
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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
Phrases
Axis AgeAxis progressionaxi-axipetalaxis cylinderaxis mundiaxis of evilaxis of resistanceaxis of rotationaxis of symmetryaxis of upheavalaxisedcerebrospinal axisco-ordinate axiscoaxisconjugate axiscoordinate axiseigenaxisfigure axishypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axisimaginary axisinteraxismajor axisminor axismultiaxisneural axisneuraxisoptic axisoptical axisordinate axisparallel axis theoremperpendicular axis theorempolar axispseudoaxisradical axisreal axisrotational axissemi-major axissemi-minor axissemiaxis