- Look up
axial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Axial may
refer to: one of the
anatomical directions describing relationships in an
animal body In geometry:...
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Axial Age (also Axis Age, from the
German Achsenzeit) is a term
coined by the
German philosopher Karl Jaspers. It
refers to
broad changes in religious...
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Axial spondyloarthritis (also
often referred to as axSpA) is a chronic, immune-mediated
disease predominantly affecting the
axial skeleton (sacroiliac...
- An
axial compressor is a gas
compressor that can
continuously pressurize gases. It is a rotating, airfoil-based
compressor in
which the gas or working...
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Axiality may
refer to:
Axiality (geometry), a
measure of the
axial symmetry of a two-dimensional
shape Axiality and
rhombicity in mathematics, measures...
- In astronomy,
axial tilt, also
known as obliquity, is the
angle between an object's
rotational axis and its
orbital axis,
which is the line perpendicular...
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Axial symmetry is
symmetry around an axis; an
object is
axially symmetric if its
appearance is
unchanged if
rotated around an axis. For example, a baseball...
- A
computed tomography scan (CT scan),
formerly called computed axial tomography scan (CAT scan), is a
medical imaging technique used to
obtain detailed...
- In astronomy,
axial precession is a gravity-induced, slow, and
continuous change in the
orientation of an
astronomical body's
rotational axis. In the...
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Axial ratio, for any
structure or
shape with two or more axes, is the
ratio of the
length (or magnitude) of
those axes to each
other - the
longer axis...
