'AXIS' definitions:
Definition of 'axis'
(from WordNet)
noun
A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
noun
The main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
noun
In World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"
noun
A group of countries in special alliance [syn: bloc, axis]
noun
The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head [syn: axis, axis vertebra]
noun
The center around which something rotates [syn: axis, axis of rotation]
Synonyms of 'axis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air line,
- alliance,
- anthrophore,
- arbor,
- assemblage,
- association,
- axle,
- axle bar,
- axle shaft,
- axle spindle,
- axle-tree,
- band,
- bearing,
- beeline,
- bloc,
- body,
- bole,
- Bund,
- cane,
- carpophore,
- caudex,
- caulicle,
- caulis,
- center,
- center of action,
- center of gravity,
- centroid,
- centrum,
- chord,
- coalition,
- college,
- combination,
- combine,
- common market,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- consumer cooperative,
- cooperative,
- cooperative society,
- core,
- corps,
- council,
- credit union,
- culm,
- customs union,
- dead center,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- distaff,
- economic community,
- edge,
- epicenter,
- federation,
- footstalk,
- free trade area,
- fulcrum,
- funicule,
- funiculus,
- gang,
- gimbal,
- great-circle course,
- group,
- grouping,
- gudgeon,
- haulm,
- heart,
- hinge,
- hingle,
- horizontal axis,
- hub,
- kernel,
- leafstalk,
- league,
- machine,
- mandrel,
- marrow,
- medulla,
- metacenter,
- middle,
- mob,
- nave,
- navel,
- normal,
- nub,
- nucleus,
- oarlock,
- omphalos,
- partnership,
- pedicel,
- peduncle,
- perpendicular,
- petiole,
- petiolule,
- petiolus,
- pin,
- pintle,
- pith,
- pivot,
- pole,
- political machine,
- radiant,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- reed,
- rest,
- resting point,
- right line,
- ring,
- Rochdale cooperative,
- rowlock,
- secant,
- seedstalk,
- segment,
- shortcut,
- side,
- society,
- spear,
- spindle,
- spire,
- stalk,
- stem,
- stipe,
- stock,
- storm center,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- straw,
- streamline,
- swivel,
- tangent,
- thole,
- tholepin,
- tigella,
- transversal,
- trunk,
- trunnion,
- umbilicus,
- union,
- vector,
- yaw
Acronyms for 'axis'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Apache eXtensible Interaction System (Apache, SOAP)
Words containing 'AXIS'
- axi,
- Axis of a curve,
- Axis of a pyramid,
- Axis of symmetry,
- Brachydiagonal axis,
- Cylinder axis,
- Neutral axis,
- Polar axis,
- Primary axis,
- Principal axis,
- Secondary axis,
- Transverse axis,
- Twinning axis,
- Zone axis,
- axis in peritrochio,
- axis of rotation,
- axis vertebra,
- coeliac axis,
- coordinate axis,
- major axis,
- minor axis,
- optic axis,
- semimajor axis,
- semiminor axis,
- Conjugate axis of a hyperbola,
- Instantaneous axis of rotation,
- off-axis reflector,
- x-axis,
- y-axis,
- z-axis,
- Radical axis of two circles,
- involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured