Axis
51axis — [14] Axis is at the centre of a complex web of ‘turning’ words. Besides its immediate source, Latin axis, there were Greek áxōn, Sanskrit ákshas, and a hypothetical Germanic *akhsō which produced Old English eax ‘axle’ as well as modern German… …
52axis — 1. n. (pl. axes) 1 a an imaginary line about which a body rotates or about which a plane figure is conceived as generating a solid. b a line which divides a regular figure symmetrically. 2 Math. a fixed reference line for the measurement of… …
53Axis — 1. n. (pl. axes) 1 a an imaginary line about which a body rotates or about which a plane figure is conceived as generating a solid. b a line which divides a regular figure symmetrically. 2 Math. a fixed reference line for the measurement of… …
54axis — 1) a line 2) the anterior posterior axis of the embryo …
55axis — n.; pl. axes [L. axis, axle] A line of reference around, along or across where symmetry is established or gradients measured …
56AXIS — Z Axis Corporation (Business » NASDAQ Symbols) …
57axis — Synonyms and related words: Bund, Rochdale cooperative, air line, alliance, anthrophore, arbor, assemblage, association, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle tree, band, bearing, beeline, bloc, body, bole, cane, carpophore, caudex,… …
58Axis — Ạxis [aus lat. axis = Achse] m; , Ạxes: 1) anatom. Bez. für: Achse, Mittellinie (z. B. eines Organs). 2) anatom. Bez. für den zweiten Halswirbel. Ạxis bụlbi extẹrnus: gedachte Linie vom vorderen zum hinteren Pol des Augapfels. Ạxis bụlbi… …
59axis — Ось овалов (Axis) Положение оси овалов – один из основных гарнитурных признаков [характеристики шрифта], особенно для антиквы [шрифты с засечками] и других шрифтов с выраженным контрастом [отношение толщин вертикальных и гориз. штрихов] между …
60Axis — ax·is || æksɪs n. Axis Powers, military forces that fought against the Allies during World War II (Japan, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania) …
