Thesaurus: axial

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1. a. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
2. a. Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.
3. adj. of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
4. adj. relating to or attached to the axis
5. adj. situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
6. 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. 2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. Axial line (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.
7. Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; orto the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. Axialline (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passingfrom one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.
8. j:100 a. of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation s. situated on or along or in the direction of an axis