Definitions for: Axial


[adj] situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
[adj] of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
[adj] (botany) relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ax"i*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or
resembling, an axis; around an axis.

To take on an axial, and not an equatorial,
direction. --Nichol.

2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial
skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as,
the axial bones.

Axial line (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic
force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to
the other. --Faraday.

Synonyms: axile, lengthways, lengthwise

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