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axel

[ ak-suhl ]
/ ˈæk səl /

noun Figure Skating.

a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.

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Origin of axel

First recorded in 1925–30; after Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian figure skater, who popularized the maneuver

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Axel
[ ak-suhl ]
/ ˈæk səl /

noun

a male given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for axel

axel
/ (ˈæksəl) /

noun

skating a jump in which the skater takes off from the forward outside edge of one skate, makes one and a half, two and a half, or three and a half turns in the air, and lands on the backward outside edge of the other skate

Word Origin for axel

C20: named after Axel Paulsen (died 1938), Norwegian skater
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