Axel Definition

ăksəl
axels
noun
A jump in figure skating that is initiated from the outer forward edge of one skate, followed by one and one-half midair turns and a return to the outer backward edge of the other skate.
American Heritage
A jump in which the skater takes off from one skate, does one and a half turns in the air, and lands on the other skate, facing in the opposite direction but moving in the same direction.
Webster's New World
(figure skating) A jump with one (more) and a half turns in the air.
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Common misspelling of axle.

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pronoun
A male given name in quiet use since the 19th century.
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Other Word Forms of Axel

Noun

Singular:
axel
Plural:
axels

Origin of Axel

  • From Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128-1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell, from Old Norse "god" + "cauldron, helmet", and Absalon was chosen as the nearest-sounding Christian equivalent, leading to the exchange of the middle consonants.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Axel Paulsen (1856–1938), Norwegian figure skater

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

  • Named after the Norwegian skater Axel R. Paulsen (1885-1939).

    From Wiktionary

Axel Sentence Examples

  • Case Histories is the literary equivalent of a triple axel.

  • The introduction of the blowpipe into dry qualitative analysis by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt marks an important innovation.

  • The old towns of Axel and Halst were formerly important fortresses, and as such were frequently besieged in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

  • Feeling herself helpless and almost isolated in Paris, she now relied chiefly on her friends outside France - Mercy, Count Axel Fersen, and the baron de Breteuil; and it was by their help and that of Bouille that after the death of Mirabeau, on the 8th of April 1791, the plan was arranged of escaping to Montmedy, which ended in the flight to Varennes (June 21, 1791).

  • He preserved his superb appearance in advanced old age, and he died, after a very short illness, on the 24th of August 1901, at the royal castle of Leckii, where he was visiting his brother-in-law, Count Axel Rudenschdld.

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Words Starting With

AAXAXE

Words Ending With

LELXEL

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