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coaxis

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English

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ axis.

Noun

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coaxis (plural coaxes)

  1. (mathematics) One of the directional motion vectors perpendicular to a cocone.
    • 2008, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, J. M. Child, The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz, page 43:
      Now draw the characteristic triangle mentioned above, [] of which the hypotenuse is a portion of the tangent or the element of the arc, and the sides are parallel to the axis and the coaxis.