01 a. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
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1.
Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.“To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction.” — Nichol.
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2.
Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.(Anat.)
Phrases & compounds
Axial line —
the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other.