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AXIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
Classified under:
Similar:
lengthways; lengthwise (running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing)
Derivation:
axis (a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
axis (the center around which something rotates)
Derivation:
axis (the center around which something rotates)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or attached to the axis
Example:
axial angle
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
axis (the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged)
Derivation:
axis (a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions)
Context examples:
Inhibitory signals that block heart formation in anterior paraxial mesoderm include Wnt family members expressed in dorsal neural tube and anti-BMPs expressed in the axial tissues (i.e., noggin in the notochord).
(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Also called computed tomography scan, computerized axial tomography scan, computerized tomography, and CT scan.
(CAT scan, NCI Dictionary)
Axial Seamount, one of countless undersea volcanoes, rises seven-tenths of a mile off the seafloor some 300 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast, and its peak lies about eight-tenths of a mile below the ocean's surface.
(Underwater volcano's fiery eruption captured in detail by seafloor observatory, NSF)
"The more extra-axial CSF present at six months, the more severe the autism symptoms when the kids were diagnosed at 24 months of age," said first author Dr. Mark Shen, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina.
(Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism, Wikinews)
Additional protection might come from a cover of dust and a hardened duricrust that traps the humidity below the surface, but this is unlikely to prevent ice loss over timescales of the axial tilt cycles.
(A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator, NASA)
While studies have shown that cerebrospinal fluid, once thought to act solely as a cushioner and shock absorber for the brain, can influence the way neurons grow, Shen speculated that the large amount of fluid may itself be a symptom: We believe that extra-axial CSF is an early sign that CSF is not filtering and draining when it should.
(Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism, Wikinews)
