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coaxis

coaxis noun: one of the directional motion vectors perpendicular to a cocone.

Noun

coaxis (plural coaxes)

  1. One of the directional motion vectors perpendicular to a cocone.
    • Now draw the characteristic triangle mentioned above, […] of which the hypotenuse is a portion of the tangent or the element of the arc, and the sides are parallel to the axis and the coaxis.2008, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, J. M. Child, The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz, page 43

Forms of coaxis

pluralcoaxes

Origin of coaxis

From co- + axis.

Questions about coaxis

What does coaxis mean?
Coaxis means one of the directional motion vectors perpendicular to a cocone.
What part of speech is coaxis?
Coaxis is a noun.
What is the plural of coaxis?
The plural of coaxis is coaxes.

Words near coaxis in the dictionary

  1. coaxially
  2. coaxials
  3. coaxing
  4. coaxingly
  5. coaxings
  6. coaxis
  7. Coaxum
  8. Coaxums
  9. coaxy
  10. cob
  11. cob nut

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