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English
Etymology
bi- + axial
Adjective
biaxial (not comparable)
- Having two axes.
- (mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)
- Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes
- mapping the shape of the Earth onto a biaxial ellipsoid
- Having a value in two perpendicular directions. (In solid mechanics, it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions, though not necessarily equal in sign or magnitude.)
Related terms
Translations
having a value in two perpendicular directions
See also
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French biaxial.
Adjective
biaxial m or n (feminine singular biaxială, masculine plural biaxiali, feminine and neuter plural biaxiale)
- biaxial
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
biaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural biaxiales)
- biaxial
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