Topic: EARTH SCIENCES
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | 'axis, axle' |
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ax‧is
plural axes [countable]
plural axes [countable]1SG the imaginary line around which a large round object, such as the Earth, turns : The Earth rotates on an axis between the north and south poles.
The Earth rotates on an axis between the north and south poles.2HM a line drawn across the middle of a regular shape that divides it into two equal parts
3HM either of the two lines of a graph, by which the positions of points are measured
