The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.
A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.
The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.
The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.
One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.
The primary or secondary central line of any design.
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. Thomas Carlyle
To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis. Henri Cartier-Bresson
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute. Charles de Gaulle
Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless. Jeffrey Kluger
We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis. Jeb Bush
axis in Danish is aksel
axis in Dutch is spil, as
axis in French is axe
axis in German is Achse {f}
axis in Italian is asse
axis in Norwegian is aksel
axis in Portuguese is linha central, eixo
axis in Spanish is eje
axis in Swedish is axel
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