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uniaxial
[ yoo-nee-ak-see-uhl ]
adjective
- having one axis.
- Crystallography. (of a crystal) having one direction in which double refraction does not occur.
- Botany. (of a plant) having a primary stem that does not branch and that terminates in a flower.
uniaxial
/ ˌjuːnɪˈæksɪəl /
adjective
- (esp of plants) having an unbranched main axis
- (of a crystal) having only one direction along which double refraction of light does not occur
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Derived Forms
- ˌuniˈaxially, adverb
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Other Words From
- uni·axi·al·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
In uniaxial crystals the number of absorption spectra is reduced to two.
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We call the former uniaxial (monaxonia), and the latter transverse-axial (stauraxonia).
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A sphere cut from a uniaxial crystal at one temperature will be a spheroid at another temperature.
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Optically uniaxial crystals—corresponding with the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.
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