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neutral axis

American

noun

an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.

neutral axis British

noun

engineering the line or plane through the section of a beam or plate which does not suffer extension or compression when the beam or plate bends

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Etymology

Origin of neutral axis

First recorded in 1835–45

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Without a precise definition of the neutral axis, the entire construction was formally incomplete.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026

The team's most important advance was finding a way to define the neutral axis using only the geometry of the color metric.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026

The biggest problem involved the neutral axis, the line of grays that runs from black to white.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026

One of the team's most important achievements was establishing the neutral axis purely from the geometry of the color metric.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026

This is the so-called neutral axis of the bar of glass, and along it you see a dark band, indicating that the glass along this axis exercises no action upon the light.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

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