Axis is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for AXIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the imaginary straight line about which a body rotates
• a white-spotted Asian deer
• an imaginary line about which a body rotates
• an imaginary straight line passing through the centre of a symmetrical solid, about which a plane figure can be conceived as rotating to generate the solid.
• an imaginary line which divides something into equal or roughly equal halves, especially in the direction of its greatest length.
• a fixed reference line for the measurement of coordinates
• a straight central part in a structure to which other parts are connected.
• the central column of an inflorescence or other growth
• the skull and backbone of a vertebrate animal.
• the second cervical vertebra, below the atlas at the top of the backbone.
• an agreement or alliance between two or more countries that forms a centre for an eventual larger grouping of nations
• the alliance of Germany and Italy formed before and during the Second World War, later extended to include Japan and other countries
• The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
• A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.
• A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.
• The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.
• The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
• Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.
• One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.
• The primary or secondary central line of any design.
• a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
• in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
• a group of countries in special alliance
• the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
• the center around which something rotates
• imaginary line round which a body can rotate
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a straight line about which a body rotates
• an Asian deer
• (imaginary) line round which a body can rotate or about which an object or geometrical figure is symmetrical

Words related to AXIS

axes11 axises13

Words that contain AXIS

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How to use AXIS in a sentence

• Smith caused a portion of the surface in question, next the axis, to a certain distance, to be cut away, leaving an opening, by which, for the water to escape.
• Russia was carrying on a desperate defensive struggle against the Axis, and there was no reason to expect any intervention from her in the Far East.
• We then cleansed, and perfectly smoothed the cavity, fixing in the middle the trunk of a tree about ten feet high, to serve for the axis of the staircase.
• He decided at once it must work on an axis of some sort and that it must be set in motion by pressing a spring.
• What do you understand by limit of elasticity as applied to a beam under strain or pressure? What is meant by the neutral axis of a beam? 105.
• This method has the advantage of adjusting the sights in any plane parallel to the axis, as in the case of the side-sights of rifled and other cannon.
• So that if a bean root is fixed to a wheel revolving rapidly on a horizontal axis, it tends to curve away from the centre in the line of a radius of the wheel.
• They are all built upon a central axis, and the proportion and distribution of the various motives most carefully studied and beautifully carried out.
• An index pointer is fastened to the base of the polar axis.
• A straight line drawn through the axis of the piece would have passed through the centre of the moon.
• Within the elastic limit the strains increase directly as the distance from the axis of the specimen.
• On breaking the circuit, the coin was repelled, the revulsion being so violent as to cause it to spin several times round its axis of suspension.
• At this extremity of the grounds, is the Deer paddock, with about forty specimens, among which the Axis or spotted varieties are very beautiful.
• The field so produced was then rapidly varied by revolving the magnet on an axis parallel to its length.
• Woodbury who replies that the method followed by the best mill-builders is to bore a hole along the axis one and three-fourth to two inches in diameter.

Similar words containing AXI without suffix s

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