axisymmetric
- adjective
- /ˌæksɪˈsɪmɪk/
- Specialized
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ejesimétrico
- The design of the hourglass shape is axisymmetric, meaning it looks the same from any angle when rotated.
- axisymmetric model
- axisymmetric flow
Examples
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The axisymmetric form of Laplace's law, for a body of rotational symmetry with a local radius r(z), states that
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Most microfluidic device channels are rectangular and often more two-dimensional than axisymmetric.
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So this is an axisymmetric analysis which we also are concerned with frequently in practice.
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Here we have an axisymmetric element in its original configuration.
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Results for the elliptical and axisymmetric models were similar.
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The axisymmetric pattern in the figure confirms the correctness of the imposed boundary conditions.
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The affected tissues were modeled with axisymmetric finite elements to calculate the stress distributions around the indenters.
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Frying and total immersion of the hamburger shape were treated as two-dimensional problems, the geometry being axisymmetric.
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Mak (4) evaluated the adequacy of an elliptical model and an axisymmetric model by comparing interface stress results with those from a 3-dimensional model.
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Although neither the BK nor AK residual limbs are axisymmetric, 2-D modeling enables preliminary analysis that may indicate the relative importance of certain modeling parameters.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
Parts spread out from a central point so slices around it look the same
How Symmetric
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word axisymmetric comes from axis 'a central line' and symmetric 'the same on both sides'. So an axisymmetric object looks the same all around when you turn it around that line, like a spinning top.