0 a real or imaginary straight line going through the centre of a object that is spinning, or a line that divides a symmetrical shape into two equal halves: --
1 the second of the small bones in the neck that form the spine and support the skull --
2 an agreement between governments or politicians to work together to achieve a particular aim: --
the Franco-German axis
3 the countries, including Germany, Italy, and Japan, that fought against the Allies in the Second World War: --
4 a real or imaginary straight line that goes through the center of a spinning object or a line that divides a shape into two equal halves --
The atrioventricular conduction axis is marked by the broken line.
Another fraction of the electric current is localized near the channel axis.
Oocytes matured off axis developed a maturation spot more eccentric than that in oocytes matured in an upright position.
Figure 5 depicts the maximum wave amplitude around the coast of an elliptical island whose major axis is twice the minor axis.
Integral to the pricing mechanism behind residential property was an east-west axis not re-ected in the distribution of businesses.
Removal of the cotyledons strongly diminished enzymatic activity in the embryonic axis.
It seems reasonable to suggest that gender was not the most important dimension or axis for internal differentiation of identity or function.
As already noted, the preceeding analysis assumes that there are precisely two singularities of 0 nearest the real axis.