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1. axis
noun. ['ˈæksəs'] a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
Synonyms
- principal axis
- semimajor axis
- line
- major axis
- semiminor axis
- minor axis
- coordinate axis
Antonyms
- unconnectedness
- artifact
- defeat
- unfasten
Etymology
- axis (Latin)
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Rhymes with Axis
- metaxas
- mataksas
- maxus
How do you pronounce axis?
Pronounce axis as ˈæksəs.
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Sentences with axis
1. Noun, singular or mass
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Quotes about axis
1. Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.
- Hanh Nhat Thich
2. A book is more than a verbal structure or series of verbal structures; it is the dialogue it establishes with its reader and the intonation it imposes upon his voice and the changing and durable images it leaves in his memory. A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable relationships.
- Jorge Luis Borges
3. It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. It was a kiss to make angels faint and demons weep...a passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss that nearly knocked the earth off its axis.
- Lisa Kleypas, Tempt Me at Twilight
2. y-axis
noun. the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system.
3. z-axis
noun. the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system.
4. x-axis
noun. the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system.
5. axis
noun. ['ˈæksəs'] the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head.
Synonyms
- axis vertebra
- neck bone
- cervical vertebra
Antonyms
- noncompliance
- empty
- dissuasion
- disunion
Etymology
- axis (Latin)
6. axis
noun. ['ˈæksəs'] the center around which something rotates.
Synonyms
- rotor shaft
- pivot
- rotor head
- axis of rotation
- pin
Antonyms
- natural object
- curve
- straight line
- uncover
Etymology
- axis (Latin)
7. Axis
noun. in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations.
Synonyms
- coalition
- alliance
- alignment
Antonyms
- disunion
- separation
- unconnectedness
- social group
8. axis
noun. ['ˈæksəs'] a group of countries in special alliance.
Synonyms
- scheduled territories
- coalition
- bloc
- alliance
- sterling area
- alignment
- sterling bloc
Antonyms
- unpin
- ride
- rear
- social group
Etymology
- axis (Latin)
9. axis
noun. ['ˈæksəs'] the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged.
Synonyms
- stalk
- stem
- stele
- rachis
Etymology
- axis (Latin)