axisymmetric

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See also: axi-symmetric

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Etymology

From axi- +‎ symmetric.

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axisymmetric (comparative more axisymmetric, superlative most axisymmetric)

  1. Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry; axially symmetric
    • 2002, Chang-Hwan Lee, Hŏn-yŏng Chang (editors), Current High-energy Emission Around Black Holes, page 36:
      The 'Blandford-Znajek' (BZ) black hole magnetospheric power extraction process was one of the first (1977) analytic attempts to define a general relativistic theory for axisymmetric, stationary, ideal-MHD, BH magnetospheres.

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