How do you pronounce axial?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæk.si.əl/.

axial

/ˈæk.si.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: ax-i-al
IPA: /ˈæk.si.əl/

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Meaning

adj

Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis

adj

Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ

adj

In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.

adj

Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.

noun

A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.

noun

A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

Example Sentences

"The axial asymmetry of Mercury's inertia ellipsoid may result in a torque that counterbalances the tidal torque"
"the axial skeleton"
"the axial bones"
"Among the hypothesized diagnoses was metastatic carcinoma. In metastatic cancer, metastases are most frequent in the axial skeleton and are rare in the distal parts of the appendicular skeleton[…]."
"The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English axial From axis + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæk.si.əl/
British English: /ˈæk.sɪ.əl/

Inflected Forms

more axial (comparative) most axial (superlative) axical (alternative) axials (plural)

Derived Forms

antiaxial atlantoaxial axiality axially axipolar buccoaxial diaxial epaxial equiaxial extraaxial hexaxial hypaxial

Phrases

axial chirality axial lead axial lobe axial mining axial plane axial point axial precession axial tilt

Frequently Paired Words

abaxial adaxial biaxial coaxial multiaxial triaxial uniaxial

Synonyms

axile

Rhymes With

coaxial biaxial