axial

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

axis + -al

Pronunciation

Adjective

axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)

  1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
  2. Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
    the axial skeleton
    the axial bones
  3. (botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
    The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.

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Noun

axial (plural axials)

  1. (ornithology) A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
  2. (dentistry) A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

French

Etymology

From axe + -ial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aks.jal/

Adjective

axial (feminine singular axiale, masculine plural axiaux, feminine plural axiales)

  1. axial

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈksi̯aːl/
  • (file)

Adjective

axial (not comparable)

  1. axial

Declension

Derived terms


Spanish

Adjective

axial (plural axiales)

  1. axial
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