axial

Antonyms for axial

Word Origin & History

"pertaining to an axis," by 1825, from axis + -al (1). Related: Axially.

The storm was probably caused by the axial rotation of Wandl.

This axial stripe is seen equally well in fishes and reptiles.

The spicula are quite smooth, as in the similar Sphrozoum ovodimare (in which, however, the axial rod is much longer).

The spiral wings of the transverse girdle of about the same breadth as the eight internal gates between them and the axial beams.

The spiral wings of the transverse girdle about half as broad as the eight internal gates between them and the axial beams.

Axellipsis is a peculiar genus differing from Cenellipsis in an axial rod, which corresponds to the minor or equatorial axis.

These are the “axial” and “equatorial” positions of Faraday.

There is considerable variation in the width of the axial lobe.

The feature most conspicuous in it at first is the axial groove.

The invention of the axial magnet, also Vail's, was another.