biaxial

English

Etymology

bi- + axial

Adjective

biaxial (not comparable)

  1. Having two axes.
  2. (mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)
  3. Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes
    mapping the shape of the Earth onto a biaxial ellipsoid
  4. Having a value in two perpendicular directions. (In solid mechanics, it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions, though not necessarily equal in sign or magnitude.)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French biaxial.

Adjective

biaxial m or n (feminine singular biaxială, masculine plural biaxiali, feminine and neuter plural biaxiale)

  1. biaxial

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

biaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural biaxiales)

  1. biaxial

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