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triaxial

triaxial adjective: having three axes.

Adjective

triaxial (not comparable)

  1. Having three axes.
    • triaxial graph paper
  2. Having three planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a scalene ellipsoid) and thus two axes of rotation
  3. Along all three axes
    • triaxial stress-testing of solids

Forms of triaxial

alternative formtri-axial

Origin of triaxial

From tri- + axial.

Words formed from triaxial

Phrases with triaxial

Questions about triaxial

What does triaxial mean?
Triaxial means having three axes.
What part of speech is triaxial?
Triaxial is an adjective.

Words near triaxial in the dictionary

  1. triatomines
  2. triatrial
  3. triaugmented
  4. triaulic
  5. triax
  6. triaxial
  7. triaxial ellipsoid
  8. triaxial ellipsoids
  9. triaxialities
  10. triaxiality
  11. triaxially

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