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.
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The neuro-endocrine signals involved form the HPA axis, short for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal.
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Al-Battani Island’s major axis was 3 miles long, while its minor axis was 2 miles long.
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It didn’t cover the entire major axis, because when it got too close to the endpoints, there was only a single point of tangency.
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Al-Battani Island’s major axis is 3 miles long, while its minor axis is 2 miles long.
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Hamilton 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.
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An axillary flower stands between the bract or leaf which subtends it and the axis or stem which bears this bract or leaf.
THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANYASA GRAY
Angle of Incidence, Rigger's—The angle the chord of a surface makes with a line parallel to the axis of the propeller.
THE AEROPLANE SPEAKSH. BARBER
But although tridactyl, the axis of the limb passes through the fourth digit.
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The atlas is small and ring-like, and its centrum is fused with the axis forming the odontoid process.
THE VERTEBRATE SKELETONSIDNEY H. REYNOLDS
WORDS 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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