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Bone structures
acetabular
acetabulum
acromial
acromioclavicular
acromion
foramen magnum
frontal bone
glenoid
gnathic
gynecoid
osteology
osteophyte
osteotomy
parietal
parietal bone
tibiotalar
TMJ
trapezoidal
triquetrum
true rib

axisnoun[C] (POLITICAL AGREEMENT)

an agreement between governments or politicians to work together to achieve a particular aim: 轴心（指政府或从政者之间的联盟）
the Franco-German axis法德轴心

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International relations: international politics & government
accession
allied
Anglo-American
anti-Stalinist
bipolar
G20
G7
GATT
Geneva Convention
internationalize
NAFTA
NATO
occupied
the G8
the new world order
the North-South divide
the World Trade Organization
UNHCR
unipolar
WTO
the Axis
noun[ + sing/pl verb ]
uk /ˈæk.sɪs/ us /ˈæk.sɪs/
the countries, including Germany, Italy, and Japan, that fought against the Allies in the Second World War: （第二次世界大战中的）轴心国
the Axis powers/nations轴心国

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Twentieth century
art deco
Axis Powers
D-Day
Edwardian
flapper
Gen Y
Gen Z
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Georgian
interwar
modernist
Nazi
post-depression
post-war
prohibition
speakeasy
the Gestapo
the roaring twenties
ultra-modernist
WWI

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axis | American Dictionary

axis
noun[ C ]
us/ˈæk·səs/pluralaxesus/ˈæk·siz/
a real or imaginary straight line that goes through the center of a spinning object or a line that divides a shape into two equal halves
earth science
The earth's axis is an imaginary line that goes through the earth between the North Pole and the South Pole.
mathematics
An axis is also a line on a graph used to show the position of a point.

axis | Business English

axis
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈæksɪs/uspluralaxesuk /ˈæksiːz/
GRAPHS & CHARTS
one of two or more fixed lines on a graph:
horizontal/vertical axisWe can label the axes - time is on the horizontal axis, and the amount (or value) of money is shown on the vertical axis.
an axis measures/shows/representsThe vertical axis shows the rate of growth in inflation-adjusted GDP.

Examples of axis

axis
The influence on the measured radiation of the angle formed by the jet axis with the line of sight is clear.
The third monitor measured the vertical axis and was placed on the sacrum.
Then the vertical fluid movement is most accelerated along the rear axis, generating a vertical jet.
These changes placed the blue-green beam on the optical axis and the blue beam and green beam at nominally +45" from vertical.
Solubility of axis cell walls differed from solubility of cotyledon cell walls.
The pinch stagnates on the axis of the primary hohlraum.
As already noted, the preceeding analysis assumes that there are precisely two singularities of 0 nearest the real axis.
Removal of the cotyledons strongly diminished enzymatic activity in the embryonic axis.
Integral to the pricing mechanism behind residential property was an east-west axis not re-ected in the distribution of businesses.
Figure 5 depicts the maximum wave amplitude around the coast of an elliptical island whose major axis is twice the minor axis.
Oocytes matured off axis developed a maturation spot more eccentric than that in oocytes matured in an upright position.
Another fraction of the electric current is localized near the channel axis.
The atrioventricular conduction axis is marked by the broken line.
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Collocations withaxis

axis

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beam axis
A cusp magnetic field has been installed to improve radial confinement and reduce the field strength on the beam axis.
central axis
The site's centralaxis definitely points to this peak.
fixed axis
For example, in order to recover structure from motion the visual system can use constraints such as constant angular velocity or fixedaxis motion.
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