adjective
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relating to, forming, or characteristic of an axis
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situated in, on, or along an axis
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Etymology
Origin of axial
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Mercedes AMG recently demonstrated a concept car with a novel, axial flux, 1,000+ horsepower electric motor that weighs a mere 28 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
According to NASA, every planet in our solar system has an axial tilt, but some are more pronounced than others.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
First, planets vary in their axial tilts: Venus's axis of rotation is tilted by just three degrees, so there's much less seasonal difference between the Venusian summer and winter solstices than those on Earth.
From National Geographic • Dec. 19, 2023
That represents Earth’s axial tilt, which astronomers call its obliquity, relative to the plane of its nearly circular orbit around the sun.
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023
The earth also completes one full rotation every 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.09 seconds, and has an axial tilt of 23.4 degrees.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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