English edit

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Etymology edit

ab- (away from) +‎ axial (axis).

Pronunciation edit

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæˈbæk.si.əl/[1] or IPA(key): /æbˈæk.si.əl/[2]
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  • Hyphenation US: ab‧ax‧i‧al, UK: ab‧ax‧ial

Adjective edit

abaxial (not comparable)

  1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.][3]
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 7:
      The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
  2. (botany) Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.[4]

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References edit

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2
  2. ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abaxial”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 2.
  3. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaxial”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
  4. ^ Jackson, Benjamin Daydon (1928) A glossary of botanic terms with their derivation and accent[1], Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, page 1

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From ab- +‎ axial.

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abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)

  1. abaxial

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French edit

Etymology edit

From ab- +‎ axial.

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abaxial (plural abaxiaux)

  1. abaxial

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From ab- +‎ axial.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /abaˈʃjal/ [a.β̞aˈʃjɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective edit

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

  1. abaxial (that is not on the optical axis)
  2. (medicine) abaxial (which is outside the line considered the axis of an organ)

German edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ab- +‎ axial.

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abaxial (strong nominative masculine singular abaxialer, not comparable)

  1. abaxial

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Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From ab- +‎ axial.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bak.siˈaw/ [a.bak.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.bakˈsjaw/ [a.bakˈsjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈksjal/ [ɐ.βɐˈksjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈksja.li/ [ɐ.βɐˈksja.li]

Adjective edit

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

  1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French abaxial.

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abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxială, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)

  1. abaxial

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From ab- +‎ axial.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /abaɡˈsjal/ [a.β̞aɣ̞ˈsjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧xial

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abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxiales)

  1. abaxial

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