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axial.

Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈæk.sɪ.əl/UK/ˈæk.si.əl/General-American

  1. Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis

  2. Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ

    the axial skeleton
    the axial bones

  3. In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.

    The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.

  4. Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.

    physical
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English axial From axis + -al.

noun/ˈæk.sɪ.əl/UK/ˈæk.si.əl/General-American

  1. A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.

  2. A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English axial From axis + -al.

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