Dictionary Definition
axis
Noun
1 a straight line through a body or figure that
satisfies certain conditions
2 the center around which something rotates [syn:
axis of
rotation]
3 the main stem or central part about which plant
organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
4 in World War II the alliance of Germany and
Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the
Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"
5 a group of countries in special alliance [syn:
bloc]
6 the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot
for turning the head [syn: axis
vertebra]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Axis
English
Noun
axis (plural axes)- An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of
rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of
symmetry).
- The Earth rotates once a day on its axis.
- 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).
- The second cervical vertebra of the spine.
Synonyms
- (in anatomy): epistropheus
Derived terms
Translations
geometry: imaginary line
- Bosnian: osa
- Croatian: osa
- Czech: osa
- Dutch: as
- Finnish: akseli
- French: axe
- German: Achse
- Hebrew: ציר (tzyr)
- Ido: axo
- Italian: asse
- Latvian: ass
- Malayalam: അച്ചുതണ്ട് (acchuthaNtu)
- Polish: oś
- Portuguese: eixo
- Russian: oсь
- Serbian:
- Slovak: os
- Slovene: os
- Spanish: eje
- Swedish: axel
- Telugu: అక్షము (akshamu)
- West Frisian: as
basis of space or part of graph
second cervical vertebra
- Czech: čepovec , axis
- Dutch: draaier
- Finnish: kiertonikama, aksis
- Italian: epistrofeo
Translations to be checked
See also
Extensive Definition
Axis may refer to:
- The Axis powers of World War II
- The Axis of evil, U.S. President George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea
- Axis (novel), a sequel to Robert Charles Wilson's Spin
- Axis, a play by Anton Krueger
- Axial tilt, the axis which the earth rotates on
- Axis (anatomy), the second cervical vertebra of the spine
- Axis (deer), a genus of deer
- Optical axis, in optics
- Axis (Science Festival), the annual technical festival of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
In mathematics:
- Coordinate axis, in mathematics, physics and engineering
- Axis of rotation, or axis of symmetry, in geometry-related contexts
In music:
- Axis (band), a Greek 70s band living in France
- Axis, a modern-day alternative rock group from Atlanta, GA
- Axis Records, the name of two music labels
- Axis system
- Axis: Bold as Love, Jimi Hendrix album
- Axis Percussion
In politics:
- A quasi-mathematical parameter which is used to describe some characteristic of someone or something. See Political spectrum.
In Gundam (Universal Century), a fictional
universe, Axis may refer to:
- The Asteroid Axis, a waypoint for the Jupiter Energy Fleet
- The Axis Zeon, a faction in the Universal Century timeline
In Information Technology
- Apache Axis is an opensource Webservices platform implementation of the Apache foundation
- Axis Communications (also known as AXIS) is a Swedish manufacturer of IT equipment
axis in Danish: Akse
axis in German: Achse
axis in Esperanto: Akso
axis in Spanish: Eje
axis in French: Axe
axis in Ido: Axo
axis in Italian: Asse
axis in Latvian: Ass
axis in Polish: Oś
axis in Portuguese: Eixo
axis in Simple English: Axis
axis in Swedish: Axelmakterna
axis in Ukrainian: Вісь
Synonyms, Antonyms 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, caulicle, caulis, center, center of action, center
of gravity, centroid,
centrum, chord, coalition, college, combination, combine, common market, confederacy, confederation, consumer
cooperative, cooperative, cooperative
society, core, corps, council, credit union, culm, customs union, dead center,
diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, distaff, economic community,
edge, epicenter, federation, footstalk, free trade area,
fulcrum, funicule, funiculus, gang, gimbal, great-circle course,
group, grouping, gudgeon, haulm, heart, hinge, hingle, horizontal axis, hub, kernel, leafstalk, league, machine, mandrel, marrow, medulla, metacenter, middle, mob, nave, navel, normal, nub, nucleus, oarlock, omphalos, partnership, pedicel, peduncle, perpendicular, petiole, petiolule, petiolus, pin, pintle, pith, pivot, pole, political machine, radiant, radius, radius vector, reed, rest, resting point, right line,
ring, rowlock, secant, seedstalk, segment, shortcut, side, society, spear, spindle, spire, stalk, stem, stipe, stock, storm center, straight, straight course,
straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, straw, streamline, swivel, tangent, thole, tholepin, tigella, transversal, trunk, trunnion, umbilicus, union, vector, yaw