Axis Synonyms

ăksĭs
The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. axle
  2. pivot
  3. pole
  4. stem
  5. spindle
  6. support
  7. shaft
  8. alliance
  9. dividing line
  10. coalition
  11. axis vertebra
  12. bloc
  13. deer
  14. arbor
  15. fulcrum
  16. line of symmetry
  17. hinge
  18. line of rotation
  19. line of revolution
  20. funicule
  21. carpophore
  22. centroid
  23. footstalk
  24. haulm
  25. metacenter
  26. seedstalk
  27. tholepin
The center around which something rotates
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. axis-of-rotation

Words Related to Axis

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. z-axis
  2. horizontal-axis
  3. x-axis
  4. y-axis
  5. azimuth
  6. bisector
  7. angular-velocity
  8. x-y
  9. semimajor
  10. ecliptic

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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