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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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