axel

See also: Axel

English

Diagram showing the performance of an axel (skating manouevre)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səl/
• Rhymes: -æksəl
• Homophone: axle

Etymology 1

Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.

Noun

axel (plural axels)

1. (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.

   Synonym: axel jump

   • 1991, Harvard Magazine, Volume 94, page 44,

     Wylie, however, landed his Olympic axels beautifully and electrified the crowd as he capped a skating career that began at age three in Aspen, Colorado, when he followed two older sisters onto the ice.

   • 1997, Beverley Smith, A Year in Figure Skating, page 115,

     Men had to do triple Axels or at least attempt them with tenacity.

   • 2005, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, Volume 30, page 746,

     […] King et al. (1994) and King (1997) compared single, double, and triple axels of junior and senior level skaters; Albert and Miller (1996) compared single and double axels of “good” figure skaters; […] .

Derived terms

• double axel
• triple axel

See also

• loop jump
• lutz
• quadruple jump
• sulchow
• waltz jump

Further reading

• Axel jump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

axel

1. Misspelling of axle.
   • 1755, "A Country Gentleman", A New System of Agriculture; Or, A Plain, Easy, and Demonſtrative Method of ſpeedily growing Rich, page 177,

     This end of the Axel is to be faſten'd into a Wheel, exactly like thoſe, which are us'd in many Places, for the roaſting Meat.

   • 1900, Municipal Reports of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, page 85,

     Ten 4-wheel hose wagons, three with ballbearing axels and one with roller-bearing axels, all manufactured in the city.

   • 1944, Private and Local Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, Publisher not identified, page 627,

     The gross weight on any 2 or more axels shall not exceed 26,000 pounds plus 1,000 pounds for each foot of distance measured longitudinally to the nearest foot between the foremost and rearmost of the axels under consideration.

Anagrams

• Alex, Lexa, axle

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• axle, eaxle, æxle, exle

Etymology

From Old English eaxl, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaksəl/, /ˈɛksəl/

Noun

axel (plural axeles)

1. shoulder

Descendants

• English: axle (obsolete)
• Scots: aixle, exle

References

• “axel (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish axl, from Old Norse ǫxl, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-.

Noun

axel c

1. (anatomy) a shoulder; a body part

Declension

Declension of axel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	axel	axels
	definite	axeln	axelns
plural	indefinite	axlar	axlars
	definite	axlarna	axlarnas

Related terms

• axelvadd
• axla

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish axul, from Old Norse ǫxull. Related to Latin axis.

Noun

axel c

1. an axis; an imagined line about which something rotates
2. an axle; a rod around which a wheel turns
3. a driveshaft; a rotating rod which transfers torque from a motor to a place where it can be applied
4. (mathematics) an axis; as in coordinate axis

   Den reella axeln

   The real axis

5. a jump in figure skating with one (or more) and a half turns in the air.

Declension

Declension of axel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	axel	axels
	definite	axeln	axelns
plural	indefinite	axlar	axlars
	definite	axlarna	axlarnas

Related terms

• axelmakt
• axeltapp
• koordinataxel
• rotationsaxel
• vevaxel

Anagrams

• Alex