axisymmetric

See also: axi-symmetric

English

Alternative forms

• axi-symmetric

Etymology

From axi- +‎ symmetric.

Adjective

axisymmetric (comparative more axisymmetric, superlative most axisymmetric)

1. Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry.
   • 2002, Chang-Hwan Lee, Hŏn-yŏng Chang (editors), Current High-energy Emission Around Black Holes, page 36:

     The 'Blandford-Znajek' (BZ) black hole magnetospheric power extraction process was one of the first (1977) analytic attempts to define a general relativistic theory for axisymmetric, stationary, ideal-MHD, BH magnetospheres.

Derived terms

• axisymmetrically
• nonaxisymmetric

 

Translations

exhibiting symmetry around an axis

• Finnish: aksisymmetrinen, akselisymmetrinen
• French: axisymétrique (fr)
• Georgian: ღერძსიმეტრიული (ɣerʒsimeṭriuli)
• German: achsensymmetrisch (de)
• Greek: αξονοσυμμετρικός (el) (axonosymmetrikós)

Further reading

• Poinsot's ellipsoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia