Axis
Meanings and phrases
Axis
- in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
axis
- a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head; axis vertebra
- the center around which something rotates; axis of rotation
- a group of countries in special alliance; bloc
n.
- the center around which something rotates; axis
- The axis of rotation is usually vertical.
- If the pintle is designed to move along its axis of rotation, the throat area can be varied.
- Earth's axis of rotation is tilted with respect to its orbital plane, producing seasons on Earth.
n.
- the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci
- The longest diameter is called the major axis.
- They also noted a central barlike structure with a minor axis of and a major axis of .
- On an ellipse, two of the four vertices lie on the major axis and two lie on the minor axis.
n.
- in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs
- a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted; principal axis
n.
- a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted; optic axis
semimajor axis
- one-half the major axis of an ellipse; the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end
semiminor axis
- one-half the minor axis of an ellipse
E.g.
- Each blade can rotate itself around a vertical axis.
- Volume is the horizontal axis and pressure is the vertical axis.
- Is made of oxidized iron, oval, on its vertical axis and on its horizontal axis.
E.g.
- Pallas based his ideas on an granitic central axis he observed in these mountains.
- It is square, with four wings and nine courtyards, two of them in the central axis.
- The rachis (central axis of the leaf) is green, slender below with a wing on the top side.
E.g.
- The double family houses have the long axis facing the street.
- The lake is oval in shape (470 × 350 m) with the long axis aligned north-south.
- Its long axis is aligned towards Jupiter, this being the lowest energy configuration.
E.g.
- "Cyclogyros" rotate their wings about a horizontal axis.
- Volume is the horizontal axis and pressure is the vertical axis.
- formula_27 is the angle of the tube with respect to the horizontal axis.
E.g.
- In plants, a rachis is the main axis of a compound structure.
- The mouth of the Beaver River is on the main axis of the fur trade.
- Santiago Papasquiaro was very useful to conquer the territory of the main axis.
E.g.
- The second variable moved the follower along the axis of the cam.
- Her work confirmed it was a regular, ordered structure with periodicity of 3.3 - 3.4 Å along the axis.
- Each quarter is then cut separately by tipping it up on its point and sawing boards successively along the axis.
E.g.
- Gaudí wanted to add a longitudinal axis of bricks connecting all vaults at their keystones".
- The ratio displayed here is for deformation along the radial axis caused by stress along the longitudinal axis.
- The kiln is a cylindrical vessel, inclined slightly to the horizontal, which is rotated slowly about its longitudinal axis.
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- The spin axis of Mars, as with many bodies, precesses over millions of years.
- In addition to spin, the electron has an intrinsic magnetic moment along its spin axis.
- The study also determined two spin axis of (299.0°, 42.0°) and (106.0°, 47.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β) ().
E.g.
- Polar motion is the movement of Earth's rotation axis across its surface.
- Every ion is on at least three mirror planes and at least one three-fold rotation axis.
- Their model does not attempt to explain what caused Mars's rotation axis to move relative to the crust.