Axis

(noun.) the center around which something rotates.

(noun.) the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head.

(noun.) a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.

(noun.) in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; 'the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II'.

(noun.) the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged.

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• This interior cylinder readily revolves on an axis, _g_, _g_, shown in the section of the instrument as seen edgewise. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• A series of turbines are set one after the other on the same axis, so that each takes steam from the preceding one, and passes it on to the next. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The ray _AC_, parallel to the principal axis, will pass through the lens and emerge as _DE_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The two towers at the axis supporting the wheel were 140 feet high, and the motive power was secured from a 1,000 horse-power steam engine under the wheel. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It formed the pole and axis of this heathery world. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She had two propellers on the same axis, but revolving in opposite directions, one being on the central shaft and the other on a concentric tube. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The lowest roll was set in a fixed bearing at the bottom of the frame, and, therefore, could only turn around on its axis. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was in that year that Ampère discovered that magnetism is the circulation of currents of electricity at right angles to the axis of the needle or bar joining the two poles of the magnet. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A hole in the stone for the axis is made by a heated copper rod. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A pair of small front steering wheels was arranged to turn about a vertical axis and was manipulated by a handle bar. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The materials are mixed together in a small closed wooden or leaden vessel, provided with an agitator, that can be worked by a handle fixed to a projecting axis at the top. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He came to see that the apparent revolution of the heavenly bodies about the earth from east to west is really owing to the revolution of the earth on its axis from west to east. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• There is little axis of direction in the energies put forth; they are largely dispersive and centrifugal. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This pump is fixed on an axis, to which rapid rotary motion can be given; and it is fitted into a case connected with the pipe that conveys the water to the discharging orifice. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• By means of a handle, seen projecting from the right hand side of the frame, the roller is shifted longitudinally on its axis rod after each letter has been printed. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• They have a kind of hard flints, which, by grinding against other stones, they form into instruments, that serve instead of wedges, axes, and hammers. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I feel the rack pass over my body like the saws, and harrows, and axes of iron over the men of Rabbah, and of the cities of the children of Ammon! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In all modern mills these have been entirely displaced by porcelain rolls revolving on horizontal axes and crushing the grain between them. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The crew had been able to muster but six firearms, so most of them were armed with boat hooks, axes, hatchets and crowbars. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• These were probably used as hand-axes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He had no tools to work with except those of the pioneers--axes, picks, and spades. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A sort of rough court was constituted, and outside gathered a wild mob armed with sabres, pikes, and axes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They never made hafted axes or the like that would enable them to deal with timber. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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