Aviation dictionary. 2014.
Axis: Bold as Love — Сту … Википедия
axis — [n] point around which something revolves arbor, axle, hinge, pivot, pole, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support, turning point; concept 830 … New thesaurus
shaft — I. noun (plural shafts) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceaft; akin to Old High German scaft shaft, Latin scapus shaft, stalk, Greek skēptesthai to prop oneself, lean Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) the long handle of a spear or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
axis — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shaft, pivot; alliance, coalition. See rotation, middle, combination. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shaft, pivot, axle, pole, stem, support, dividing line, spindle, arbor, line of symmetry, line of rotation … English dictionary for students
axis — [14] Axis is at the centre of a complex web of ‘turning’ words. Besides its immediate source, Latin axis, there were Greek áxōn, Sanskrit ákshas, and a hypothetical Germanic *akhsō which produced Old English eax ‘axle’ as well as modern German… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
axis — [14] Axis is at the centre of a complex web of ‘turning’ words. Besides its immediate source, Latin axis, there were Greek áxōn, Sanskrit ákshas, and a hypothetical Germanic *akhsō which produced Old English eax ‘axle’ as well as modern German… … Word origins
axis of rotation — noun the center around which something rotates • Syn: ↑axis • Derivationally related forms: ↑axial (for: ↑axis) • Hypernyms: ↑mechanism • … Useful english dictionary
axis — Synonyms and related words: Bund, Rochdale cooperative, air line, alliance, anthrophore, arbor, assemblage, association, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle tree, band, bearing, beeline, bloc, body, bole, cane, carpophore, caudex,… … Moby Thesaurus
axis — n. 1. Shaft, spindle, arbor. 2. Central line, line of symmetry, line of rotation, line of revolution … New dictionary of synonyms
shaft — n. 1. Arrow, missile, weapon. 2. Handle. 3. Thill, pole, tongue. 4. Trunk (of a column). 5. Axis, spindle, arbor. 6. Spire, pinnacle. 7. Stem, stalk, trunk … New dictionary of synonyms
