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Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.

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  1. a. Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.
  2. a. Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.
  3. 1. (Crystallog.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction. Note: In uniaxial crystals, the optic axis has the direction of the vertical crystallographic axis. All tetragonal and hexagonal crystals are uniaxial. 2. (Biol.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.
  4. Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.
  5. j:100 a. Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction. a. Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.