Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Lateral to the neural tube.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: embryology, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Near an optical axis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English par- 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 paraxial From par- + axial.
