SkyfireDict

axis   (TTS Sound)

The noun axis has 6 senses

• axis -- (a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions)


• axis -- (the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged)


• Axis -- (in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II")


• bloc, axis -- (a group of countries in special alliance)


• axis, axis vertebra -- (the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head)


• axis, axis of rotation -- (the center around which something rotates)