axis

• a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
• in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
• a group of countries in special alliance
• the 2nd cervical vertebra
• the center around which something rotates
• The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name)
• A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve
• A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged
• The stem
• The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata
• Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon
• One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded
• The primary or secondary central line of any design
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Alabama

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