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"(astrophysics, cosmology) An anomaly in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background as the result of a preferential axis which may have shaped the development of the universe, sometimes abbreviated AOE."
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"astrophysics",
"cosmology",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "miḥwar aš-šarr",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِحْوَر اَلشَّرّ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "邪惡軸心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xié'è zhóuxīn",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "邪恶轴心"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "as van het kwaad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "pahan akseli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axe du mal"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "boroṭebis ɣerʒi",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "ბოროტების ღერძი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Achse des Bösen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áxonas tou kakoú",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "άξονας του κακού"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "ציר הרשע"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asse della malvagità"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asse del male"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aku no sūjiku",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "悪の枢軸"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ag-ui chuk",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "악의 축"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axis mali"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "ļaunuma ass"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "oska na zloto",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оска на злото"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "محور شرارت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oś zła"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eixo do mal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osʹ zla",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ось зла"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "осовина зла"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "osovina zla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eje del mal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "ondskans axelmakter"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "แกนแห่งความชั่วร้าย"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "trục ma quỷ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "liên minh ma quỷ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "liên minh diệt vong"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "echel y fall"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"2002 State of the Union Address",
"George W. Bush",
"axis of evil"
],
"word": "axis of evil"
}
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