| ABAXIAL | • abaxial adj. (Botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside… • abaxial adj. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed. • ABAXIAL adj. facing away from the axis, as the surface of a leaf, also ABAXILE. |
| ADAXIAL | • adaxial adj. (Botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side. • adaxial adj. (Developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord. • ADAXIAL adj. next to the axis. |
| ANAXIAL | • ANAXIAL adj. asymmetrical. |
| AXIAL | • axial adj. Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis. • axial adj. (Anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ. • axial adj. (Botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis. |
| BIAXIAL | • biaxial adj. Having two axes. • biaxial adj. (Mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid). • biaxial adj. Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes. |
| COAXIAL | • coaxial adj. (Geometry) Having a common central axis. • coaxial n. A coaxial cable. • co-axial adj. Alternative form of coaxial. |
| EPAXIAL | • epaxial adj. (Anatomy) Located above and behind an axis (typically a midline). • epaxial n. Such a muscle. • EPAXIAL adj. in zoology, above the axis of the neck. |
| EPITAXIAL | • epitaxial adj. Of, pertaining to, or employing epitaxy. • EPITAXIAL adj. relating to epitaxy, the growth of a thin layer of crystals on another crystal so that they have the same structure, also EPITAXIC. |
| HOMOTAXIAL | • homotaxial adj. (Biology) Relating to homotaxis. • HOMOTAXIAL adj. showing homotaxis, also HOMOTAXIC. |
| MONAXIAL | • monaxial adj. (Biology) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; uniaxial. • MONAXIAL adj. having only one axis; developing along a single line, also MONAXONIC. |
| MULTIAXIAL | • multiaxial adj. Having more than one axis. • MULTIAXIAL adj. having more than one axis. |
| PARAXIAL | • paraxial adj. (Embryology) Lateral to the neural tube. • paraxial adj. (Physics) Near an optical axis. • paraxial adj. (Mathematics) Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system. |
| POLYAXIAL | • polyaxial adj. Having more than one axis. • polyaxial adj. (Botany) Axial about more than one axis. • POLYAXIAL n. a shape having many axes or several axis cylinders. |
| POSTAXIAL | • postaxial adj. (Anatomy) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior. • POSTAXIAL adj. situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal. |
| PREAXIAL | • preaxial adj. Located in front of an axis. • PREAXIAL adj. situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal. |
| SUBAXIAL | • subaxial adj. Below an axis. • SUBAXIAL adj. somewhat axial. |
| TRIAXIAL | • triaxial adj. Having three axes. • triaxial adj. (Mathematics, astronomy) Having three axes of rotation and three planes of symmetry (e.g. having the… • triaxial adj. Along all three axes. |
| UNIAXIAL | • uniaxial adj. Having a single axis; monoaxial. • uniaxial adj. (Botany) Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower. • UNIAXIAL adj. having one axis. |