imaginary axis
[ ih-maj-uh-ner-ee ak-sis ]
Origin of imaginary axis
1First recorded in 1700–05
Words Nearby imaginary axis
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How to use imaginary axis in a sentence
Of course only one end of this imaginary axis can be above our horizon.
Half-hours with the Telescope | Richard A. ProctorPurkinje noticed that the position of the imaginary axis of rotation depends on the axis around which the head revolves.
imaginary axis it is, but, acting with the panel, it nevertheless arbitrarily limits the position of all parts within the panel.
Industrial Arts Design | William H. VarnumThe axis Ox is often called the real axis, and the axis Oy the imaginary axis.
The whorls of spiral univalves generally take an oblique direction in reference to the imaginary axis of the shell.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham Sowerby
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