2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axial \Ax"i*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of or
resembling, an axis; around an axis.
To take on an axial, and not an equatorial,
direction. --Nichol.
2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as the axial
skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as
the axial bones.
{Axial line} (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic
force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to
the other --Faraday.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
axial
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
2: (botany) relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle"
[syn: {axile}]
3: situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
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