Axial

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Axial \Ax"i*al\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or
        resembling, an axis; around an axis.
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              To take on an axial, and not an equatorial,


              direction.                            --Nichol.
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     2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial
        skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as,
        the axial bones.
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     {Axial line} (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic
        force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to
        the other. --Faraday.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  axial
       adj 1: of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
       2: relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle" [syn: {axile}]
       3: situated on or along or in the direction of an axis

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "axial":
     ascending, back, back-flowing, backward, centermost, central,
     centralized, centric, centroidal, centrosymmetric, concentrated,
     descending, down-trending, downward, drifting, flowing, fluent,
     flying, geocentric, going, gyrational, gyratory, key, middle,
     middlemost, midmost, mounting, omphalic, passing, pivotal,
     plunging, progressive, reflowing, refluent, regressive,
     retrogressive, rising, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running,
     rushing, sideward, sinking, soaring, streaming, umbilical,
     up-trending, upward