a.
To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]
Axial line (Magnetism),
adv. In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having a common axis.
a. [ Pref. ep- + axial. ] (Anat.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Hypo- + axial. ] (Anat.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mon- + axial. ] (Biol.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane;
a. [ Multi- + axial. ] (Biol.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. para- + axial. ] (Anat.) On either side of the axis of the skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. post- + axial. ] (Anat.) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Uni + axial. ]
☞ In uniaxial crystals, the optic axis has the direction of the vertical crystallographic axis. All tetragonal and hexagonal crystals are uniaxial. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a uniaxial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]