axial
/ˈæk.sɪ.əl/US/ˈæk.si.əl/
axial adjective: relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis.
Adjective
axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)
- Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
- The axial asymmetry of Mercury's inertia ellipsoid may result in a torque that counterbalances the tidal torque1965 November 6, G. Colombo, “Rotational Period of the Planet Mercury”, in Nature, volume 208, number 575, →DOI
- Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
- the axial skeleton
- the axial bones
- In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
- The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.
- Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.
Noun
axial (plural axials)
- A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
- A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.
axial meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
axial in Tamil
- அச்சு, ஊடச்சுச் சார்ந்த, ஊடச்சியலான, நடுஊடுவகையான
axial in Urdu
- محوری
axial in Bengali
- axial, axile
- অক্ষীয় okkhiẏo
Examples of axial in a sentence
- Some skeptics have attributed changing temperatures to forces out of our control, such as axial procession.
- Dimethylimidazole was used as an axial ligand.
- In the axial zone of delta mouth bars, fluvial processes dominate.
Forms of axial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more axial |
| superlative | most axial |
| alternative form | axical |
| Noun | |
| plural | axials |
Origin of axial
From axis + -al.
Words formed from axial
- antiaxial
- atlantoaxial
- axial chirality
- axiality
- axial lead
- axial lobe
- axially
- axial mining
- axial plane
- axial point
- axial precession
- axial tilt
- axial vector
- axipolar
- buccoaxial
- co-axial
- computed axial tomography
- diaxial
- epaxial
- equiaxial
- extraaxial
- hexaxial
- hypaxial
- hypoaxial
- interaxial
- intraaxial
- mesoaxial
- microaxial
- monaxial
- monoaxial
- neuroaxial
- nonaxial
- occipitoaxial
- orthaxial
- paraxial
- periaxial
- pluriaxial
- polyaxial
- postaxial
- preaxial
- pseudoaxial
- quadriaxial
- subaxial
- tetraxial
- transaxial
- tri-axial
Phrases with axial
Questions about axial
- What does axial mean?
- Axial means relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis.
- What is axial in Tamil?
- Axial in Tamil is அச்சு, ஊடச்சுச் சார்ந்த, ஊடச்சியலான. See Axial meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is axial?
- Axial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce axial?
- Axial is pronounced /ˈæk.sɪ.əl/ (UK).
Words near axial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: axial (page history and authors); axial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); axial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষীয় (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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