adj
Meaning 1
Having two axes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
biaxial
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Pronunciation
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/baɪˈæksiəl/
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CMU ARPABET: B AY0 AE1 K S IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, mathematics, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- mapping the shape of the Earth onto a biaxial ellipsoid
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
Having a value in two perpendicular directions. (In solid mechanics, it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions, though not necessarily equal in sign or magnitude.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 5
having two axes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- biaxial crystals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biaxal, biaxate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis English -al English axial English biaxial From bi- + axial.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: biaxial — having two axes
- French: biaxial — having two axes
- French: biaxe — having two axes
- German: zweiachsig — having two axes
- Irish: dé-aiseach — having two axes
- Malay: dwipaksi — having two axes
- Polish: dwuosiowy — having two axes