Thesaurus / axis
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Like Copernicus’ heliocentric model of the solar system, sometimes revolutions occur by a simple shift in the axis of rotation.
DAWN OF THE HELIOCENE - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENSUMMER PRAETORIUSSEPTEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUSThe neuro-endocrine signals involved form the HPA axis, short for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal.
PUBERTY CAN REPAIR THE BRAIN’S STRESS RESPONSES AFTER HARDSHIP EARLY IN LIFEESTHER LANDHUISAUGUST 28, 2020SCIENCE NEWSAl-Battani Island’s major axis was 3 miles long, while its minor axis was 2 miles long.
ARE YOU HIP ENOUGH TO BE SQUARE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSAUGUST 14, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTIt didn’t cover the entire major axis, because when it got too close to the endpoints, there was only a single point of tangency.
ARE YOU HIP ENOUGH TO BE SQUARE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSAUGUST 14, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTAl-Battani Island’s major axis is 3 miles long, while its minor axis is 2 miles long.
CAN YOU REACH THE BEACH?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSAUGUST 7, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTHamilton observed that at each point in that three-dimensional space you can assign three additional coordinates that specify the planet’s momentum along each axis.
HOW PHYSICS FOUND A GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE FOR MATH TO PLAY WITHKEVIN HARTNETTJULY 29, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThe long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDCassini observed, by the position of certain spots, the revolution of the planet Venus on its axis.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLThe same would be the case if the polar axis of one sphere stood precisely at right angles to that of the other.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERThus the wide habitability of the earth is an effect arising from the inclination of its polar axis.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERWORDS RELATED TO AXIS
- axis
- change
- climacteric
- climax
- contingency
- crisis
- critical mass
- critical moment
- critical period
- critical point
- crossing
- crossroads
- crucial moment
- crucial occurrence
- crucial period
- crunch
- crux
- culmination
- cusp
- decisive moment
- defining moment
- development
- emergency
- exigency
- high noon
- hinge
- juncture
- kairotic moment
- moment of truth
- nexus
- pass
- peak
- peripeteia
- pinch
- pivot
- pivotal moment
- point of no return
- race against time
- rising action
- shift
- strait
- transition
- turn of the tide
- twist
- when push comes to shove
- zero hour
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