axis

See also Axis

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæksɪs/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈæksəs/

Etymology 1

From Latin axis (“axis", "axle”).

Noun

axis (plural axes)

1. (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
   • 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3: 

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

   The Earth rotates once a day on its axis.

2. (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).
3. (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine.

Synonyms

• (cervical vertebra): epistropheus

Coordinate terms

• (cervical vertebra): atlas

Derived terms

terms derived from axis

axis of evil axis of rotation axis of symmetry coordinate axis imaginary axis major axis minor axis

real axis semi-major axis semi-minor axis x-axis y-axis z-axis

Related terms

• axial, axially
• axile

Translations

geometry: imaginary line

• Arabic: محور (ar) (miHwar) m
• Armenian: առանցք (hy) (aṙanc’k’) 
• Asturian: exa (ast) f
• Bulgarian: ос (bg) (os)
• Catalan: eix (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軸 (cmn), 轴 (cmn) (zhóu)

• Czech: osa (cs) f
• Dutch: as (nl)
• Esperanto: akso (eo)
• Estonian: telg (et)
• Finnish: akseli (fi)
• French: axe (fr) m
• Galician: eixe (gl) m
• German: Achse (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 (ahsa) f
• Greek: άξονας (el) (áksonas) m 
• Hebrew: ציר (he) (tzyr) m
• Hungarian: tengely (hu)
• Icelandic: ás (is) m, möndull (is)
• Ido: axo (io)
• Italian: asse (it) m
• Japanese: 軸 (ja) (じく, jiku)

• Khmer: អ័ក្ស (km) (ak)
• Korean: 축 (ko) (chuk)
• Latvian: ass (lv) f
• Macedonian: оска (mk) (óska) f
• Malay: paksi (ms)
• Malayalam: അച്ചുതണ്ട് (ml) (acchuthaNtu)
• Norwegian: akse (no) m
• Occitan: axe (oc) m
• Persian: محور (fa)
• Polish: oś (pl) f
• Portuguese: eixo (pt) m
• Romanian: axă (ro) f
• Russian: ось (ru) (osʹ) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оса (sh) f, ос (sh) f

  Roman: osa (sh) f, os (sh) f

• Slovak: os (sk) f
• Slovene: os (sl) f
• Spanish: eje (es) m
• Swedish: axel (sv) c
• Telugu: అక్షము (te) (akshamu)
• Turkish: eksen (tr)
• West Frisian: as (fy)

basis of space or part of graph

• Armenian: առանցք (hy) (aṙanc’k’) 
• Bulgarian: ос (bg) (os)
• Czech: osa (cs) f
• Dutch: as (nl)
• Esperanto: akso (eo)
• Estonian: telg (et)
• Faroese: ásur (fo) m
• Finnish: akseli (fi)
• French: axe (fr) m
• German: Achse (de) f
• Greek: άξονας (el) (áksonas) m 
• Hebrew: ציר (he) (tzyr) m
• Icelandic: ás (is) m
• Italian: asse (it) m
• Khmer: អ័ក្ស (km) (ak)
• Latvian: ass (lv) f
• Macedonian: оска (mk) (óska) f

• Norwegian: akse (no) m
• Polish: oś (pl) f
• Portuguese: eixo (pt) m
• Russian: ось (ru) (osʹ) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оса (sh) f, oсoвинa (sh) f

  Roman: osa (sh) f, osovina (sh) f

• Slovak: os (sk) f
• Slovene: os (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wós f

  Upper Sorbian: wóska (hsb) f

• Spanish: eje (es) m
• Swedish: axel (sv) c
• Telugu: అక్షము (te) (akshamu)
• Turkish: eksen (tr)
• West Frisian: as (fy)

second cervical vertebra

• Catalan: axis (ca) m
• Czech: čepovec (cs) m, axis (cs) m
• Dutch: draaier (nl) m
• Finnish: kiertonikama (fi), aksis (fi)
• Greek: άξονας (el) (áksonas) m , επιστροφεύς (el) (epistroféfs) m 

• Italian: epistrofeo (it) m
• Khmer: អ័ក្ស (km) (ak)
• Portuguese: áxis (pt) m
• Spanish: axis (es) m

Etymology 2

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Noun

axis (plural axises)

1. Axis axis, a deer native to Asia.

Synonyms

• (Axis axis): chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer

See also

• Chital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chital
• Axis axis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Axis axis

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Latin

Noun

axis (genitive axis); m, third declension

1. An axletree, wagon, car, chariot.
2. The North Pole.
3. The heavens or a region or clime of these.
4. A board, plank.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	axis	axēs
genitive	axis	axium
dative	axī	axibus
accusative	axem	axēs 1
ablative	axe	axibus
vocative	axis	axēs

¹ May also be axīs.

References

• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary