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Axis   /ˈæksəs/   Listen
Axis

noun
(pl. axes)
1.
A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
2.
The main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged.
3.
In World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations.
4.
A group of countries in special alliance.  Synonym: bloc.
5.
The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head.  Synonym: axis vertebra.
6.
The center around which something rotates.  Synonym: axis of rotation.



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"Axis" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Forest repose in a basin-like form, the greatest depression being near the centre; the longer axis extending from N. to S. about eleven miles, and the transverse axis, in the widest part, ranging from E. to W. about seven miles. The general observer, if he takes his stand on the edge of hills by which this basin is bounded, will see the enclosing character of the ridge, as ...
— The Forest of Dean - An Historical and Descriptive Account • H. G. Nicholls
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... other instincts that rule the animal creation. But of all the most numerous are the men, who have ever more their own dearliest beloved self, as the only or main goal or butt of their endeavours straight and steady before their eyes, and whose whole inner world turns on the great axis of self-interest. These form the majority, if not of mankind, yet of those by whom the business of life is carried on; and most expedient it is, that so it should be; nor can we imagine any thing ...
— Literary Remains (1) • Coleridge
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... Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates are used in this report. The first three digits refer to a point on an east- west axis, and the second three digits refer to a point on a north-south axis. The point so designated is the southwest corner of an area 100 ...
— Project Trinity 1945-1946 • Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer
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... church, and built new foundations for the right wing only. His architect seems to have been rather negligent in his measurements, because the tomb of S. Peter did not correspond exactly with the axis of the nave, and was not in the centre of the apse, being ...
— Pagan and Christian Rome • Rodolfo Lanciani
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... everything seemed likely to get crowded out with the young folks at Outledge but dresses, characters, and rehearsals. The swivel the earth turned on at this moment was the coming Tuesday evening and its performance. And the central axis of that, to nearly every individual interest, was what such particular individual was ...
— A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
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