Axial
['æksɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) situated on or along or in the direction of an axis .
(adj.) of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation .
Typist: Margery--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
(a.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.
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Examples
- In the center or axial hole of the roller fits the balance staff, which staff also carries the balance wheel, and the balance spring, commonly called the hair spring. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The screw plug is supported by a carrier hinged at one side to the gun, and arranged to swing the plug into axial alignment with the bore, or be thrown to one side to admit the charge. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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