"biaxial" meaning in English

See biaxial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From bi- + axial. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|axial}} bi- + axial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} biaxial (not comparable)
  1. Having two axes. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having two axes): biaxial (French), biaxe (French), zweiachsig (German), dé-aiseach (Irish), dwipaksi (Malay), dwuosiowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-biaxial-en-adj-X5~G2dT4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 29 28 23 20 Disambiguation of 'having two axes': 62 21 12 5
  2. (mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-biaxial-en-adj-HPMn4yjO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 72 9 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 29 28 23 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 66 10 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 74 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 83 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 60 11 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 61 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 59 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 13 57 11 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 55 13 17 Topics: astronomy, mathematics, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-biaxial-en-adj-fYhjjO2L Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 29 28 23 20
  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.) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-biaxial-en-adj-F1TQnRys Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 29 28 23 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biaxiality, biaxially, equibiaxial Related terms: coaxial, monoaxial, uniaxial, triaxial

Alternative forms

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