axis
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈæksɪs/
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- So on this axis, on the vertical axis, we have flux.
- x axis
- y axis
- vertical axis
And he drew an XY axis, He drew a graph from me.
- And he drew an XY axis, He drew a graph from me.
- Picture a sphere that's rotating that has an axis, right?
- And now you've got your NS axis and you've got your east, West line.
- It's like I got the scale wrong on one axis but not the other.
- And this transformation is pushing along this axis and twisting as it goes.
- OK, distinguishing spatial axes from temporal axes comes much further downstream.
- Flow is where work that changes the axis of your industry is done.
Examples
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While more impacts are expected around the globe as the Earth spins on its axis...
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The Earth rotates on its axis, completing one full spin every 24 hours.
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So this here is the X axis and it looks like this.
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But if you took it and put it on its axis this way--
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So you get a horizontal axis, which is time.
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Have you checked the axis?
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You know how the earth spins on an axis?
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This room moves to zero, one, and negative one on the x-axis.
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The explosion pushed the station's axis off by a few degrees... just enough to hit the asteroid belt a lot sooner.
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During preliminary tests, it was noted that the knee axis during kneeling was approximately horizontal.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.9
A line that divides a shape or road into two equal parts through its middle
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4.3
A straight line that an object turns around
Compounds
- Specialized
A fixed straight line that shows where points are on a graph, like the x or y line
- Specialized
The longest straight line through an ellipse that passes through its two special inner points
- Specialized
The shorter diameter of an ellipse that goes through its center and meets the longer axis at right angles
- Specialized
An invisible straight line through a lens or mirror center that light follows without bending
- Specialized
A telescope with a tilted main mirror that sends the image to the side to avoid mirror blocking light
- Specialized
The distance from the center of an ellipse or oval to its farthest edge, equal to half the longest diameter
- Specialized
Half the length from the center to the edge along an ellipse's shortest diameter
Surface Forms
Etymology
Axis comes from the Latin axis, meaning an 'axle' or 'line', the rod a wheel turns on, so an axis is the straight line around which an object turns or is symmetrically arranged.