# axial
## English
### Alternative forms

* axical

### Etymology

From axis +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈæk.sɪ.əl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈæk.si.əl/

### Adjective

axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)
* Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
** 1965 November 6, G. Colombo, “Rotational Period of the Planet Mercury”, in Nature, volume 208, number 575, →DOI:The axial asymmetry of Mercury's inertia ellipsoid may result in a torque that counterbalances the tidal torque
* (anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
    the axial skeleton
    the axial bones
* (botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
    The secondary xylem usually consists of axial and radial elements.
* (physical chemistry, organic chemistry) Oriented parallel to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See Axial bond.

#### Coordinate terms

* anterior
* apical
* apicocoronal
* axial
* buccal
* buccoapical
* buccocervical
* buccogingival
* buccolabial
* buccolingual
* bucco-occlusal
* buccopalatal
* cervical
* coronal
* coronoapical
* distal
* distoapical
* distobuccal
* distocclusal
* distocervical
* distoclusal
* distocoronal
* distofacial
* distogingival
* distoincisal
* distolingual
* disto-occlusal
* distopalatal
* facial
* gingival
* incisal
* incisocervical
* inferior
* labial
* lingual
* linguobuccal
* linguo-occlusal
* mandibular
* maxillary
* mesial
* mesioapical
* mesiobuccal
* mesiocclusal
* mesiocervical
* mesioclusal
* mesiocoronal
* mesiodistal
* mesiofacial
* mesiogingival
* mesioincisal
* mesiolingual
* mesio-occlusal
* mesiopalatal
* occlusal
* palatal
* posterior
* proximal
* superior
* vestibular

#### Derived terms

* antiaxial
* atlantoaxial
* axiality
* axial lead
* axial lobe
* axially
* axial mining
* axial plane
* axial point
* axial tilt
* axial vector
* axipolar
* buccoaxial
* co-axial
* computed axial tomography
* diaxial
* epaxial
* equiaxial
* extraaxial
* hexaxial
* hypaxial
* hypoaxial
* interaxial
* intraaxial
* mesoaxial
* microaxial
* monaxial
* monoaxial
* neuroaxial
* nonaxial
* occipitoaxial
* orthaxial
* paraxial
* periaxial
* pluriaxial
* polyaxial
* postaxial
* preaxial
* pseudoaxial
* quadriaxial
* subaxial
* tetraxial
* transaxial
* tri-axial

#### See also

* abaxial
* adaxial
* biaxial
* coaxial
* multiaxial
* triaxial
* uniaxial

### Noun

axial (plural axials)
* (ornithology) A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
* (dentistry) A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.

## French
### Etymology

From axe +‎ -ial.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ak.sjal/

### Adjective

axial (feminine axiale, masculine plural axiaux, feminine plural axiales)
* axial

#### Related terms

* axe
* axer

### Further reading

* “axial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈksi̯aːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

axial (strong nominative masculine singular axialer, not comparable)
* axial

#### Derived terms

* koaxial

### Further reading

* “axial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “axial” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ak.siˈaw/ [ak.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /akˈsjaw/ [akˈsjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈksjal/ [ɐˈksjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈksjal/ [ɐˈksjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈksja.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: a‧xi‧al

### Adjective

axial m or f (plural axiais)
* axial (of or relating to an axis)

#### Derived terms

* axialmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French axial.

### Adjective

axial m or n (feminine singular axială, masculine plural axiali, feminine and neuter plural axiale)
* axial

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɡˈsjal/ [aɣ̞ˈsjal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: a‧xial

### Adjective

axial m or f (masculine and feminine plural axiales)
* axial
    Synonym: axil

#### Derived terms

* axialmente

#### Related terms

* eje

### Further reading

* “axial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10