a. 1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis. [ 1913 Webster ]
To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. [ 1913 Webster ]
Axial line (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line. [ 1913 Webster ]