uniaxial
Americanadjective
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having one axis.
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Crystallography. (of a crystal) having one direction in which double refraction does not occur.
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Botany. (of a plant) having a primary stem that does not branch and that terminates in a flower.
adjective
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(esp of plants) having an unbranched main axis
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(of a crystal) having only one direction along which double refraction of light does not occur
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Starting from a kagome structure, the crystal lattice was deformed by uniaxial stress, which changed the magnetic interactions between the electrons.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023
"The possibility of actively controlling geometric frustration through uniaxial mechanical stress opens the door to undreamt-of manipulations of material properties 'by pushing a button'," summarises Andrej Pustogow.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023
Observation of various and spontaneous magnetic Skyrmionic bubbles at room temperature in a frustrated kagome magnet with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy.
From Nature • Mar. 18, 2018
A uniaxial diarthrosis allows movement within a single anatomical plane or axis of motion.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The angle between the optic axes is usually very small, the crystals being often practically uniaxial; an axial angle of 50� has, however, been recorded in a dark-coloured biotite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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