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axel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æk.s?l/
- Rhymes: -æks?l
- Homophone: axle
Etymology 1
Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.
Noun
axel (plural axels)
- (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
- Synonym: axel jump
- 1991, Harvard Magazine, Volume 94, page 44,
- Wylie, however, landed his Olympic axels beautifully and electrified the crowd as he capped a skating career that began at age three in Aspen, Colorado, when he followed two older sisters onto the ice.
- 1997, Beverley Smith, A Year in Figure Skating, page 115,
- Men had to do triple Axels or at least attempt them with tenacity.
- 2005, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, Volume 30, page 746,
- […] King et al. (1994) and King (1997) compared single, double, and triple axels of junior and senior level skaters; Albert and Miller (1996) compared single and double axels of “good” figure skaters; […] .
Derived terms
- double axel
- triple axel
See also
- loop jump
- lutz
- quadruple jump
- sulchow
- waltz jump
Further reading
- Axel jump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Noun
axel
- Misspelling of axle.
- 1755, "A Country Gentleman", A New System of Agriculture; Or, A Plain, Easy, and Demon?trative Method of ?peedily growing Rich, page 177,
- This end of the Axel is to be fa?ten'd into a Wheel, exactly like tho?e, which are us'd in many Places, for the roa?ting Meat.
- 1900, Municipal Reports of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, page 85,
- Ten 4-wheel hose wagons, three with ballbearing axels and one with roller-bearing axels, all manufactured in the city.
- 1944, Private and Local Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, Publisher not identified, page 627,
- The gross weight on any 2 or more axels shall not exceed 26,000 pounds plus 1,000 pounds for each foot of distance measured longitudinally to the nearest foot between the foremost and rearmost of the axels under consideration.
- 1755, "A Country Gentleman", A New System of Agriculture; Or, A Plain, Easy, and Demon?trative Method of ?peedily growing Rich, page 177,
Anagrams
- Alex, Lexa, axle
Middle English
Alternative forms
- axle, eaxle, æxle, exle
Etymology
From Old English eaxl, from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu, from Proto-Germanic *ahsl?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aks?l/, /??ks?l/
Noun
axel (plural axeles)
- shoulder
Descendants
- English: axle (obsolete)
- Scots: aixle, exle
References
- “axel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish axl, from Old Norse ?xl, from Proto-Germanic *ahsl?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?s-.
Noun
axel c
- (anatomy) a shoulder; a body part
Declension
Related terms
- axelvadd
- axla
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish axul, from Old Norse ?xull. Related to Latin axis.
Noun
axel c
- an axis; an imagined line about which something rotates
- an axle; a rod around which a wheel turns
- a driveshaft; a rotating rod which transfers torque from a motor to a place where it can be applied
- (mathematics) an axis; as in coordinate axis
- Den reella axeln
- The real axis
- Den reella axeln
- a jump in figure skating with one (or more) and a half turns in the air.
Declension
Related terms
- axelmakt
- axeltapp
- koordinataxel
- rotationsaxel
- vevaxel
Anagrams
- Alex
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