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語源

From axis +‎ -al.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈæk.sɪ.əl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈæk.si.əl/

形容詞

axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)

1. Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
   • 1965 November 6, G. Colombo, “Rotational Period of the Planet Mercury”, in Nature, volume 208, number 575, →DOI:

     The axial asymmetry of Mercury's inertia ellipsoid may result in a torque that counterbalances the tidal torque

2. (anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ

   the axial skeleton

   the axial bones

   • 2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27:

     Among the hypothesized diagnoses was metastatic carcinoma. In metastatic cancer, metastases are most frequent in the axial skeleton and are rare in the distal parts of the appendicular skeleton […].

3. (botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.

   The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.

4. (physical chemistry, organic chemistry) Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.

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参考

• abaxial
• adaxial
• biaxial
• coaxial
• multiaxial
• triaxial
• uniaxial

名詞

axial (plural axials)

1. (ornithology) A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
2. (dentistry) A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.