Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 37051 6911787 2009-06-30T23:25:49Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} {{also|Axis}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/æxɪs/}} ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|lang=la|axis||axis", "axle}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun|axes}} # {{geometry}} An imaginary line around which an object spins (an [[axis of rotation]]) or is symmetrically arranged (an [[axis of symmetry]]). #: ''The Earth rotates once a day on its '''axis'''.'' # {{mathematics}} 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]]). # {{anatomy}} The second [[cervical vertebra]] of the [[spine]]. =====Synonyms===== * {{sense|cervical vertebra}} [[epistropheus]] =====Coordinate terms===== * {{sense|cervical vertebra}} [[atlas]] =====Derived terms===== {{rel-top|terms derived from axis}} * [[axis of evil]] * [[axis of rotation]] * [[axis of symmetry]] * [[coordinate axis]] * [[imaginary axis]] * [[major axis]] * [[minor axis]] {{rel-mid}} * [[real axis]] * [[semi-major axis]] * [[semi-minor axis]] * [[x-axis]] * [[y-axis]] * [[z-axis]] {{rel-bottom}} =====Related terms===== * [[axial]], [[axially]] * [[axile]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|geometry: imaginary line}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|առանցք|tr=aṙanc’k’|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|osa|f}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|osa|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|osa|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|as}} * Estonian: {{t-|et|telg}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|akseli}} * French: {{t+|fr|axe|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Achse|f}} * Hebrew: [[ציר]] (tzyr) {{m}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tengely}} * [[Ido]]: [[axo]] * Italian: {{t-|it|asse|m}} * Korean: {{t|ko|축|chuk|sc=Hang}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ass|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|оска|f|tr=óska|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[അച്ചുതണ്ട്]] (acchuthaNtu) * Polish: {{t+|pl|oś|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|eixo|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|ось|f|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[оса#Serbian|оса]] {{f}}, [[ос#Serbian|ос]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[osa#Serbian|osa]] {{f}}, [[os#Serbian|os]] {{f}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|os|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|os|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|eje|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|axel|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[అక్షము]] (akshamu) * [[West Frisian]]: [[as]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|basis of space or part of graph}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|առանցք|tr=aṙanc’k’|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|osa|f}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|osa|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|osa|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|as}} * Estonian: {{t-|et|telg}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|akseli}} * French: {{t+|fr|axe|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Achse|f}} * Hebrew: [[ציר]] (tzyr) {{m}} * Italian: {{t-|it|asse|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ass|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|оска|f|tr=óska|sc=Cyrl}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|oś|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|ось|f|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[оса#Serbian|оса]] {{f}}, [[oсoвинa]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[osa#Serbian|osa]] {{f}}, [[osovina]] {{f}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|os|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|os|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|eje|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|axel|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[అక్షము]] (akshamu) * [[West Frisian]]: [[as]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|second cervical vertebra}} * Czech: [[čepovec]] {{m}}, axis {{m}} * Dutch: [[draaier]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: [[kiertonikama]], [[aksis]] * Italian: [[epistrofeo]] {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Bulgarian}}: [[ос]] {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== {{etystub}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun|es}} # ''[[Axis]] [[axis]]'', a [[deer]] native to Asia. =====Synonyms===== * {{sense|Axis axis}} [[chital]], [[cheetal]], [[chital deer]], [[spotted deer]], [[axis deer]] =====See also===== * {{pedialite|Chital}} * {{specieslite|Axis axis}} [[Category:English nouns with irregular plurals]] [[Category:Skeleton]] ---- ==Latin== ===Noun=== {{la-noun|axis|axis|axis|m|third}} # An [[axletree]], [[wagon]], [[car]], [[chariot]]. # The [[North Pole]]. # The [[heavens]] or a [[region]] or [[clime]] of these. # A [[board]], [[plank]]. ====Inflection==== {{la-decl-3rd-PAR|axis|axis|ax}} ===References=== * ''Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary'' [[am:axis]] [[ang:axis]] [[ar:axis]] [[fa:axis]] [[fr:axis]] [[gl:axis]] [[ko:axis]] [[io:axis]] [[id:axis]] [[it:axis]] [[kk:axis]] [[ku:axis]] [[la:axis]] [[hu:axis]] [[ja:axis]] [[no:axis]] [[oc:axis]] [[pl:axis]] [[pt:axis]] [[simple:axis]] [[fi:axis]] [[ta:axis]] [[te:axis]] [[th:axis]] [[tr:axis]] [[vi:axis]] [[zh:axis]]