different between abaxial vs axial

English

Alternative forms

• abaxile

Etymology

ab- (“away from”) +? axial (“axis”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?bæk.si.?l/ or IPA^(key): /æb?æk.si.?l/
• Hyphenation US: ab?ax?i?al, UK: ab?ax?ial

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.

Synonyms

• (on the back of an animal): dorsal
• eccentric

Antonyms

• adaxial

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.b?k.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bak.si?al/

Adjective

abaxial (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Further reading

• “abaxial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “abaxial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bak.sjal/

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Galician

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

1. abaxial

German

Etymology

From ab- +? axial, or rather from ab- + axial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap?a?ksi?a?l/

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. abaxial

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /abak(i)si?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???k?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais, comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abak?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxial?, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)

1. abaxial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba??sjal/, [a.??a???sjal]
• Hyphenation: a?ba?xial

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxiales)

1. abaxial

English

Alternative forms

• axical

Etymology

axis +? -al

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æksi.?l/

Adjective

axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)

1. Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
2. (anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ

3. (botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.

4. (chemistry) oriented close to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See w:Axial bond.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Related terms

• axiality
• axially

Translations

See also

• abaxial
• adaxial
• biaxial
• coaxial
• multiaxial
• triaxial
• uniaxial

Noun

axial (plural axials)

1. (ornithology) A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
2. (dentistry) A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

French

Etymology

From axe +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sjal/

Adjective

axial (feminine singular axiale, masculine plural axiaux, feminine plural axiales)

1. axial

Related terms

• axe
• axer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ksi?a?l/

Adjective

axial (not comparable)

1. axial

Declension

Derived terms

• koaxial

Romanian

Etymology

From French axial

Adjective

axial m or n (feminine singular axial?, masculine plural axiali, feminine and neuter plural axiale)

1. axial

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

axial (plural axiales)

1. axial

   Synonym: axil

Derived terms

• axialmente

Related terms

• eje

Further reading

• “axial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.