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Verb
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axes, plural;
  1. End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly
    • - the company is axing 125 jobs
    • - 2,500 staff were axed as part of the realignment
  2. Reduce (costs or services) drastically
    • - the candidates all promised to ax government spending
  3. Cut or strike with an ax, esp. violently or destructively
    • - the door had been axed by the firefighters
Noun
  1. An imaginary line about which a body rotates
    • - the earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours
  2. An imaginary straight line passing through the center of a symmetrical solid, and about which a plane figure can be conceived as rotating to generate the solid

  3. An imaginary line that divides something into equal or roughly equal halves, esp. in the direction of its greatest length

  4. A fixed reference line for the measurement of coordinates
    • - the variable that is thought of as a cause is placed on the horizontal axis, and the variable that is thought of as an effect on the vertical axis
  5. A straight central part in a structure to which other parts are connected

  6. The central column of an inflorescence or other growth

  7. The skull and backbone of a vertebrate animal

  8. The second cervical vertebra, below the atlas at the top of the backbone

  9. An agreement or alliance between two or more countries that forms a center for an eventual larger grouping of nations
    • - the Anglo-American axis
  10. The alliance of Germany and Italy formed before and during World War II, later extended to include Japan and other countries
    • - the Axis Powers
  1. (axis) a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
  2. (axis) the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
  3. (axis) in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"
  4. (axis) bloc: a group of countries in special alliance
  5. (axis) the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
  6. (axis) the center around which something rotates
  7. Axes is the third album by English rock group Electrelane.
  8. (Axis (album)) Axis is the second album released by Australian hip hop artist MC Pegz. It was released in 2005, 18 months after his debut album. This recording features appearances from other Australian MCs, including Hilltop Hoods, Hyjak N Torcha, and Debaser (Ethic and Sapient).
  9. (Axis (computer program)) Apache Axis is an open source, XML based Web service framework. It consists of a Java and a C++ implementation of the SOAP server, and various utilities and APIs for generating and deploying Web service applications. ...
  10. (Axis (genus)) Axis is a genus of deer, which consists of four species from South and Southeast Asia. The most famous are the chital and the hog deer. The two other species are the calamian deer and the bawean deer.
  11. (Axis (mathematics)) A Cartesian coordinate system specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances from the point to two fixed perpendicular directed lines, measured in the same unit of length.
  12. (Axis (novel)) Axis is a science fiction novel by author Robert Charles Wilson, published in 2007. It is a direct sequel to Wilson's Hugo Award-winning Spin, published two years earlier. The novel was a finalist for the 2008 John W. Campbell Award.
  13. (axis) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry); A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; ...
  14. (axis) (pl. axes) – An instance document contains facts; an axis differentiates facts and each axis represents a way that the facts may be classified. For example, Revenue for a period might be reported along a business unit axis, a country axis, a product axis, and so forth.
  15. (axis) The geometric guidelines used to place a coordinate that determines knife and/or tool paths for plotters and routers.
  16. the Axis powers originally included Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan who signed a pact in Berlin on September 27, 1940. They were later joined by Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovakia.
  17. (Axis) the alignment of the len’s cylindrical part; used for correcting astigmatism. This measurement is given in degrees. The values are typically from 90 degrees to 180 degrees.
  18. (Axis) A direction used to specify the robot motion in a linear or rotary mode. (ISO 8373)
  19. (Axis) verifies the placement in degrees of the astigmatic lens.
  20. (Axis) In ophthalmology, a line that is the symmetrical center of a curved optical surface. Measurement of astigmatism.
  21. (Axis) Generally refers to a straight line (the spine) that the upper body rotates around in the course of the golf swing.
  22. (Axis) a coherent set of measures with specific objectives which directly result from their implementation and contribute to one or more objectives laid down in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
  23. (Axis) The line, real or imaginary, which passes through the center of a body and about which the body would rotate if set revolving.
  24. (Axis) This is the direction of the cylinder (astigmatism).
  25. (Axis) the line in which the rotating body turns