Axis Definition

ăksĭs
axes
noun
A real or imaginary straight line on which an object rotates or is regarded as rotating.
The axis of a planet.
Webster's New World
An unlimited line, half-line, or line segment serving to orient a space or a geometric object, especially a line about which the object is symmetric.
American Heritage
A real or imaginary straight line around which the parts of a thing, system, etc. are symmetrically or evenly arranged or composed.
The axis of a picture.
Webster's New World
A reference line from which distances or angles are measured in a coordinate system.
American Heritage
A main line of motion, development, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

The alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Germany, Italy, Japan, and several minor allied countries, which opposed the Allies.

Wiktionary
idiom
the Axis
  • the countries aligned against the Allies in WWII
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Axis

Noun

Singular:
axis
Plural:
axes1, axises

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Axis

  • the Axis

Origin of Axis

  • From Latin, name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator Pliny.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin axis (“axis", "axle”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Axis Sentence Examples

  • The purpose of his paper was to show that there is no problem if the axis is moved to the left.

  • The axis of the temple ran from S.W.

  • The minor axis, on the other hand, is not constant, but, as we have already seen, depends on the latitude, being the product of the major axis into the sine of the latitude.

  • The diurnal rotation of the earth furnishes two fixed points or poles, the axis joining which is fixed or nearly so in its direction in space.

  • The anthelion (a) may be explained as caused by two internal reflections of the solar rays by a hexagonal lamellar crystal, having its axis horizontal and one of the diagonals of its base vertical.

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Words Starting With

AAXAXI

Words Ending With

SISXIS

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axis

Words Starting With A and Ending With S

Starts With A & Ends With SStarts With AX & Ends With SStarts With A & Ends With IS

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With A4 Letter Words Ending With S