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biaxial

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English

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ axial.

Adjective

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biaxial (not comparable)

  1. Having two axes.
  2. (mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)
  3. Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes
    mapping the shape of the Earth onto a biaxial ellipsoid
  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.)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French biaxial.

Adjective

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biaxial m or n (feminine singular biaxială, masculine plural biaxiali, feminine and neuter plural biaxiale)

  1. biaxial

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite biaxial biaxială biaxiali biaxiale
definite biaxialul biaxiala biaxialii biaxialele
genitive-
dative
indefinite biaxial biaxiale biaxiali biaxiale
definite biaxialului biaxialei biaxialilor biaxialelor

Spanish

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Adjective

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biaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural biaxiales)

  1. biaxial

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