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4-letter words (1 found)

AXIS,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIS,SAI,SAX,SIX,XIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AS,AX,IS,SI,XI,

You can make 12 words from axis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of axis

axis xais aixs iaxs xias ixas axsi xasi asxi saxi xsai sxai aisx iasx asix saix isax siax xisa ixsa xsia sxia isxa sixa

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Definitions and meaning of axis

axis

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæksɪs/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæksəs/
  • Rhymes: -æksɪs, -æksəs
  • Hyphenation: ax‧is

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century. Doublet of axle.

Noun

axis (plural axes or (rare) axiis)

  1. (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
  2. (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
  3. (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
    Synonym: epistropheus
  4. (anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
  5. (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
  6. (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
  7. (military) An alliance or coalition.
    Synonyms: pact, compact, league
    • 1936, November 1st, Benito Mussolini, Milan Speech:
      This Berlin-Rome vertical line is not an obstacle but rather an axis around which can revolve all those European states with a will to collaboration and peace.
  8. (figurative) The centre of attention within a process (e.g. the axis of investigation)
Coordinate terms
  • (cervical vertebra): atlas
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Etymology 2

From Latin, name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator Pliny.

Noun

axis (plural axises)

  1. A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
    Synonyms: chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer
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See also
  • Chital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Axis axis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.si/

Noun

axis m (plural axis)

  1. Synonym of cerf axis (“chital”)

References

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-i-s, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”); see also Lithuanian ašis (“axle”), Russian ось (osʹ), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axis, axle, balance beam”), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axle”), Old High German ahsa (“axle”), Icelandic eax, öxull, öksull, Old English eaxl (whence English axle). Compare also Etruscan 𐌀𐌂𐌔𐌉 (Acsi, “the Axia gens”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.sis/, [ˈäks̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.sis/, [ˈäksis]

Noun

axis m (genitive axis); third declension

  1. An axletree of wagon, car, chariot.
  2. The North Pole.
  3. The heavens or a region or clime of these.
  4. A board, plank.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

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Descendants

References

  • “axis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “axis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • axis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • axis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “axis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “axis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary

Spanish

Noun

axis m (plural axis)

  1. (anatomy) axis (vertebra)

Further reading

  • “axis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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