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
Since the rotation is around a single axis, pivot joints are functionally classified as a uniaxial diarthrosis type of joint.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
As first noticed by Sir David Brewster in 1830, the crystals often exhibit anomalous optical characters: instead of being uniaxial, a basal section may be divided into sharply-defined biaxial sectors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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