“axial”在英语中的释义

adjective

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

   • the axial skeleton
   • the axial bones

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

   • The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.

4. (physical chemistry, organic chemistry) Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.

noun

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.