Axis
noun
An imaginary line around which something rotates.
The earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours
Often appears as...
- rotate on axis
- axial rotation
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Scientific
noun
A central or main part of something where important things are based or organized.
Our whole plan revolves around the central axis of boosting sales numbers
Often appears as...
- central axis
- axis point
noun
A line used as a reference or base for the measurement of other quantities.
On a graph, numbers are plotted along the x and y axes
Often appears as...
- x-axis
- y-axis
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Academic
noun
An alliance or agreement between countries to work together for a common purpose.
During World War II, Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers
Often appears as...
- axis powers
- axis alliance
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Historical
noun
An imaginary line around which something rotates.
The earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours
Often appears as...
- rotate on axis
- axial rotation
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Scientific
noun
A central or main part of something where important things are based or organized.
Our whole plan revolves around the central axis of boosting sales numbers
Often appears as...
- central axis
- axis point
noun
A line used as a reference or base for the measurement of other quantities.
On a graph, numbers are plotted along the x and y axes
Often appears as...
- x-axis
- y-axis
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An alliance or agreement between countries to work together for a common purpose.
During World War II, Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers
Often appears as...
- axis powers
- axis alliance
Usage tips
Historical
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Motion
Used to describe movement or rotation of objects in space.
The satellite maintained a stable axis despite the solar flares.
Pro Tip 2/2Daily Motion
Axis can explain why we experience day and night.
The axis of Earth is the reason for the changing seasons.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Motion
Used to describe movement or rotation of objects in space.
The satellite maintained a stable axis despite the solar flares.
Pro Tip 2/2Daily Motion
Axis can explain why we experience day and night.
The axis of Earth is the reason for the changing seasons.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Motion
Used to describe movement or rotation of objects in space.
The satellite maintained a stable axis despite the solar flares.
Pro Tip 2/2Daily Motion
Axis can explain why we experience day and night.
The axis of Earth is the reason for the changing seasons.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
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Did Shakespeare write...
Examples of characteristics include average sentence length, the arrangement of words, and even the number of occurrences of a particular word. Let's look at use of the word thee and visualize it as a dimension, or axis. Each of Shakespeare's works can be placed on that axis,
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The physics of the...
pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance. The turns are most effective if her center of gravity stays constant, and a skilled dancer will be able to keep her turning axis vertical.
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Designing for TED...
axis is so they would be small object I wanted to be in make an opening that was objects but I didn't know the software well in mouse and it started to orbiting things around like a whole universe and it created this thing that I knew that that this was going to be either
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Stuart Firestein: The...
What's really disturbing is the trend line that goes through that because, of course, when it dips below the zero axis, there, it gets into a negative area. That's where you find people like me, I'm afraid. So the important thing here is that this can all be changed.
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How to read music - Tim...
The up-and-down axis tells the performer the pitch of the note or what note to play, and the left-to-right axis tells the performer the rhythm of the note or when to play it. Let's start with pitch. To help us out, we're going to use a piano,
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How childhood trauma...
and that's important to know. But it turns out that even if you don't engage in any high-risk behavior, you're still more likely to develop heart disease or cancer. The reason for this has to do with the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis,
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Inside Chichén Itzá -...
that we don't use on our cardinal points which is the center the axis mundi they believed everything were created from that Center they center themselves in the cosmos we have been working very hard on trying to find an entrance to
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Where are all the...
things would be different. Earth's spin axis would now wander chaotically. There'd be episodes of rapid climate change -- not good for complex life. The moon is just the right big but not too big.
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This Spacecraft Maps 1.5...
gaia spins on its axis it senses scanning the galaxy in all
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
Video examples
Did Shakespeare write...
Examples of characteristics include average sentence length, the arrangement of words, and even the number of occurrences of a particular word. Let's look at use of the word thee and visualize it as a dimension, or axis. Each of Shakespeare's works can be placed on that axis,
Video examples
The physics of the...
pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance. The turns are most effective if her center of gravity stays constant, and a skilled dancer will be able to keep her turning axis vertical.
Video examples
Designing for TED...
axis is so they would be small object I wanted to be in make an opening that was objects but I didn't know the software well in mouse and it started to orbiting things around like a whole universe and it created this thing that I knew that that this was going to be either
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Stuart Firestein: The...
What's really disturbing is the trend line that goes through that because, of course, when it dips below the zero axis, there, it gets into a negative area. That's where you find people like me, I'm afraid. So the important thing here is that this can all be changed.
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How to read music - Tim...
The up-and-down axis tells the performer the pitch of the note or what note to play, and the left-to-right axis tells the performer the rhythm of the note or when to play it. Let's start with pitch. To help us out, we're going to use a piano,
Video examples
How childhood trauma...
and that's important to know. But it turns out that even if you don't engage in any high-risk behavior, you're still more likely to develop heart disease or cancer. The reason for this has to do with the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis,
Video examples
Inside Chichén Itzá -...
that we don't use on our cardinal points which is the center the axis mundi they believed everything were created from that Center they center themselves in the cosmos we have been working very hard on trying to find an entrance to
Video examples
Where are all the...
things would be different. Earth's spin axis would now wander chaotically. There'd be episodes of rapid climate change -- not good for complex life. The moon is just the right big but not too big.
Video examples
This Spacecraft Maps 1.5...
gaia spins on its axis it senses scanning the galaxy in all
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Daniel H. Pink
American Author
If you think about work, it's just this endlessly fascinating subject. We spend at least half of our waking hours working. So it becomes this incredible window into a whole variety of things: who we are human beings, how the economy works, how people relate to each other, how stuff is made, how the world spins on its axis.
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Karan Mahajan
Indian Novelist
I tend to see my characters from inside and outside at once; this is a technique I use to retain a slight distance. It means my characters can act in unexpected ways on two axes: physical and mental. It isn't just, 'I thought this and then I did this,' which is the technique of the modern psychological novel.
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David Rittenhouse
American Scientist
In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time.
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Ernest Shackleton
Irish Explorer
I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.
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James Cosmo
Scottish Actor
I've come off horses and fought in medieval battles using axes, hammers and swords as well as fists. Getting your teeth knocked out is an occupational hazard.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
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.
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Gregory Peck
American Actor
I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.
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David Starkey
English Historian
The reign of Henry VIII is the axis around which England turns.
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Charles de Gaulle
French Leader
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
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Matteo Salvini
Italian Politician
I will do everything I can to renew a new Rome-Berlin axis.
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Daniel H. Pink
American Author
If you think about work, it's just this endlessly fascinating subject. We spend at least half of our waking hours working. So it becomes this incredible window into a whole variety of things: who we are human beings, how the economy works, how people relate to each other, how stuff is made, how the world spins on its axis.
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Karan Mahajan
Indian Novelist
I tend to see my characters from inside and outside at once; this is a technique I use to retain a slight distance. It means my characters can act in unexpected ways on two axes: physical and mental. It isn't just, 'I thought this and then I did this,' which is the technique of the modern psychological novel.
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David Rittenhouse
American Scientist
In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time.
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Ernest Shackleton
Irish Explorer
I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.
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James Cosmo
Scottish Actor
I've come off horses and fought in medieval battles using axes, hammers and swords as well as fists. Getting your teeth knocked out is an occupational hazard.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
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.
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Gregory Peck
American Actor
I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.
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David Starkey
English Historian
The reign of Henry VIII is the axis around which England turns.
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Charles de Gaulle
French Leader
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
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Matteo Salvini
Italian Politician
I will do everything I can to renew a new Rome-Berlin axis.
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