Antonyms for axial


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ak-see-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk si əl


Definition of axial

Origin :
  • "pertaining to an axis," by 1825, from axis + -al (1). Related: Axially.
  • As in central : adj main, principal; in the middle
Example sentences :
  • The storm was probably caused by the axial rotation of Wandl.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • This axial stripe is seen equally well in fishes and reptiles.
  • Extract from : « Colouration in Animals and Plants » by Alfred Tylor
  • The spicula are quite smooth, as in the similar Sphrozoum ovodimare (in which, however, the axial rod is much longer).
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The spiral wings of the transverse girdle of about the same breadth as the eight internal gates between them and the axial beams.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Axellipsis is a peculiar genus differing from Cenellipsis in an axial rod, which corresponds to the minor or equatorial axis.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The spiral wings of the transverse girdle about half as broad as the eight internal gates between them and the axial beams.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • These are the “axial” and “equatorial” positions of Faraday.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3 » by Various
  • There is considerable variation in the width of the axial lobe.
  • Extract from : « The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites » by Percy Edward Raymond
  • The feature most conspicuous in it at first is the axial groove.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • The invention of the axial magnet, also Vail's, was another.
  • Extract from : « Steam Steel and Electricity » by James W. Steele

Synonyms for axial

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