axial
Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
Other meanings
Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
“The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.”
Related words
- antiaxial
- atlantoaxial
- axipolar
- buccoaxial
- diaxial
- epaxial
- equiaxial
- extraaxial
- hexaxial
- hypaxial
- hypoaxial
- interaxial
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “axial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.