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Plural of axis

irregular plural

The plural of axis is axes.

Forms of axis

Singularaxis /ˈæksɪs/
Pluralaxes /ˈæksəz/
Countablecountable

Plural of axis by meaning

  1. an imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically...: axes
  2. a deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.: axises

Axes in a sentence

  • A cylinder is a solid of revolution generated by rotating a rectangle about one of its axes.From the entry solid of revolution
  • The monks were forbidden to carry edged weapons such as swords and axes.From the entry edged
  • Dwarfish axes are some of the finest weapons available.From the entry dwarfish
  • They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.From the entry bluntish
  • In the Wetherill diagram, no isotope is found on both axes, allowing the two decay schemes to be evaluated independently.From the entry Wetherill diagram

Meaning of axis

  1. noun An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
  2. noun A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis).
  3. noun The second cervical vertebra of the spine.

Full definition of axis

Nouns ending in -is: plural -es

Questions about the plural of axis

What is the plural of axis?
The plural of axis is axes.
Is axis countable?
Axis is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: axis (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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