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paraxial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
parax-i-al
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lateral to the neural tube.

adj

Near an optical axis.

adj

Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English par- 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 English paraxial From par- + axial.

Derived Forms

anterioparaxial nonparaxial paraxiality paraxially

Frequently Paired Words

epaxial hypaxial

Questions

What does paraxial mean?
Lateral to the neural tube.
Where does paraxial come from?
Etymology tree English par- 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 English paraxial From par- + axial.

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