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adv
In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
adverb
with respect to an axis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis English -al English axial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English axially From axial + -ly.
Across languages
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