axis
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæksɪs/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæksəs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æksɪs, -æksəs
- Hyphenation: ax‧is
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century. Doublet of axle.
NounEdit
axis (plural axes or (rare) axiis)
- (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:
- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
- The Earth rotates once a day on its axis
- (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
- (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
- Synonym: epistropheus
- (anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
- (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
- 1936, November 1st, Benito Mussolini, Milan Speech:
- This Berlin-Rome vertical line is not an obstacle but rather an axis around which can revolve all those European states with a will to collaboration and peace.
- 1936, November 1st, Benito Mussolini, Milan Speech:
Coordinate termsEdit
- (cervical vertebra): atlas
Derived termsEdit
- axi-
- axis cylinder
- axis of evil
- axis of rotation
- axis of symmetry
- cerebrospinal axis
- conjugate axis
- co-ordinate axis
- coordinate axis
- figure axis
- imaginary axis
- major axis
- minor axis
- neural axis
- optical axis
- optic axis
- parallel axis theorem
- perpendicular axis theorem
- radical axis
- real axis
- rotational axis
- semi-major axis
- semimajor axis
- semi-minor axis
- visual axis
- x-axis
- y-axis
- z-axis
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
geometry: imaginary line
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basis of space or part of graph
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second cervical vertebra
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botany: main stem or central part
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Etymology 2Edit
From Latin, name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator Pliny.
NounEdit
axis (plural axises)
- A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
- Synonyms: chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer
TranslationsEdit
Axis axis — see chital
See alsoEdit
- Chital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Axis axis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-i-s, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”); see also Lithuanian ašis (“axle”), Russian ось (osʹ), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axis, axle, balance beam”), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axle”), Old High German ahsa (“axle”), Icelandic eax, öxull, öksull, Old English eaxl (whence English axle). Compare also Etruscan 𐌀𐌂𐌔𐌉 (Acsi, “the Axia gens”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
axis m (genitive axis); third declension
- An axletree of wagon, car, chariot.
- The North Pole.
- The heavens or a region or clime of these.
- A board, plank.
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | axis | axēs |
Genitive | axis | axium |
Dative | axī | axibus |
Accusative | axem | axēs axīs |
Ablative | axe | axibus |
Vocative | axis | axēs |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: asse
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
ReferencesEdit
- “axis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “axis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- axis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- axis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the pole: vertex caeli, axis caeli, cardo caeli
- the pole: vertex caeli, axis caeli, cardo caeli
- “axis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “axis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
axis m (plural axis)
Further readingEdit
- “axis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014