axis
axis - noun
- A straight line about which a body or a geometric figure rotates or may be supposed to rotate
- A straight line with respect to which a body or figure is symmetrical
- A straight line that bisects at right angles a system of parallel chords of a curve and divides the curve into two symmetrical parts
- One of the reference lines of a coordinate system {dx_def}see {dxt|coordinate:3||1a}{/dx_def}
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"the Earth's axis"
Usage examples
Examples: "I can see the axis from here." "That axis belongs to me." "The axis is very important."
axis - thesaurus
Synonyms: base
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109
Letter Values
A
4
X
25
I
9
S
22
Etymology
Middle English, "imaginary line passing through the center of a body, celestial axis," borrowed from Latin, "axletree, axle, chariot, celestial axis," going back to Indo-European {it}*h{inf}2{/inf}eḱs-{/it} "axle," whence also, with varying thematic derivation, Germanic *ahsō (whence Old English eax "axle," Old Saxon & Old High German ahsa), Old Russian/Eastern Church Slavic osĭ "axle," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian ôs, Lithuanian ašìs, Old Prussian assis, Greek axon-, áxōn, Sanskrit ákṣaḥ, Avestan aša- "armpit"