axis
IPA: ˈæksʌs
noun
- (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
- (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
- (anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
- (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
- (figurative) The centre of attention within a process (e.g. the axis of investigation)
- A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
- The alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Germany, Italy, Japan, and several minor allied countries, which opposed the Allies.
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Examples of "axis" in Sentences
- KING: Was the term axis of evil, in retrospect, a mistake or warranted?
- QUESTION: I had a question to those who mocked the president when he used the term axis of evil.
- But remember, it was the president in a State of the Union Address who used the term axis of evil.
- The other axis is the relationship between the teachings of religious traditions and the findings of science ....
- Unfortunately the gut-brain axis is so interrelated, it is not surprising that these drugs have negative psych side effects!
- DOUGHERTY: President Bush first took aim at what he called the axis of evil in his State of the Union Address back in January, 2002.
- "Faith! if the life we live is like the globe we inhabit -- if it revolves on its own axis, _and you're that axis_ -- there's not a flaw in your philosophy; but IF -- Now perish my impetuosity!
- I mean, it seems, in the last couple of years, that pretty white women or missing children seem to be kind of fodder for what I call the axis of evil for a criminal defendant, which is cable ...
- The Axis of the Abhorred: North Korea, Iran and the United States yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Axis of the Abhorred: North Korea, Iran and the United States'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Move over axis of evil, there is a new axis in town, the \'axis of the abhorred.
- President Bush sends a rare personal letter to a member of what he called the axis of evil -- North Korea's Kim Jong Il. TOM CASEY, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: This was deemed to be an appropriate moment for there to be a clear communication of the U.S. policy, again, from the highest levels of the government.
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