axis
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /æxɪs/
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin axis (“‘axis", "axle’”)
[edit] Noun
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axis (plural 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.
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- (cervical vertebra): epistropheus
[edit] Coordinate terms
- (cervical vertebra): atlas
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terms derived from axis
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[edit] Translations
geometry: imaginary line
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basis of space or part of graph
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second cervical vertebra
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[edit] Etymology 2
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axis (plural axises)
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- (Axis axis): chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer
[edit] See also
Chital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chital
Axis axis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Axis axis
[edit] Latin
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axis (genitive axis); m, third declension
- An axletree, wagon, car, chariot.
- The North Pole.
- The heavens or a region or clime of these.
- A board, plank.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | axis | axēs |
| genitive | axis | axium |
| dative | axī | axibus |
| accusative | axem | axēs 1 |
| ablative | axe | axibus |
| vocative | axis | axēs |
1 May also be axīs.
[edit] References
- Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary