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axial
CIDE DICTIONARY
axial, a.
- Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis. [1913 Webster]"To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction." [1913 Webster]
- Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
axial, adj.
1 forming or belonging to an axis.
2 round an axis (axial rotation; axial symmetry).
1 forming or belonging to an axis.
2 round an axis (axial rotation; axial symmetry).
Derivative
axiality () n. axially adv.
THESAURUS
axial
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Centrality
N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.For further exploring for "axial" in Webster Dictionary Online