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As nouns the difference between axis and art

is that axis is axis (second vertebra) while art is .

axis

English

(wikipedia axis)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(axes)
  • (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author=(Henry Petroski) , title=Opening Doors , volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3 , magazine= citation , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}
    The Earth rotates once a day on its axis .
  • (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis).
  • (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine.
  • (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
  • Synonyms
    * (cervical vertebra) epistropheus
    Coordinate terms
    * (cervical vertebra) atlas
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from axis) * axis of evil * axis of rotation * axis of symmetry * coordinate axis * imaginary axis * major axis * minor axis * real axis * semi-major axis * semi-minor axis * x-axis * y-axis * z-axis

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator .

    Noun

    (es)
  • Axis axis , a deer native to Asia.
  • Synonyms
    * (Axis axis) chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer
    See also
    * (Chital) * (Axis axis) English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    art

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) (from (etyl) (m)).

    Noun

    (Art) (Art) (Art)
  • (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
  • (countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
  • (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
  • (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
  • (uncountable) Artwork.
  • (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
  • (countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art . Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
  • (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
  • * 1796 , , (The Monk) , Folio Society 1985, page 217:
  • A physician was immediately sent for; but on the first moment of beholding the corpse, he declared that Elvira's recovery was beyond the power of art .
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
    Synonyms
    * (Human effort) craft
    Antonyms
    * (Human effort) mundacity, nature, subsistence
    Quotations
    * 2005', "I tell her what Donald Hall says: that the problem with workshops is that they trivialize '''art by minimizing the terror." -July ''Harper's , Lynn Freed * 2009 , "Visual art is a subjective understanding or perception of the viewer as well as a deliberate/conscious arrangement or creation of elements like colours, forms, movements, sounds, objects or other elements that produce a graphic or plastic whole that expresses thoughts, ideas or visions of the artist." - Extended Essay on Visual Art, Alexander Brouwer
    Derived terms
    * abstract art * art class * art collection * art dealer * Art Deco * artefact, artifact * art exhibition * art film * art for art's sake * art form * artful * art gallery * art historian * art history * art house * artifice * artificial * art imitates life * artisan * artist * artiste * artistic * art journal * artless * art movie * art music * art nouveau * art object * art paper * art rock * art rooom * art school * arts degree * arts and crafts * art student * artsy * artsy-craftsy * art therapy * art union * artwork * artworker * arty * ASCII art * arty-farty * Bachelor of Arts * black art, black arts * body art * cave art * clip art * concept art * down to a fine art * fine arts * folk art * graphic art * high art * installation art * junk art * kinetic art * liberal arts * life imitates art * line art * martial art * Master of Arts * minimal art * modern art * * objet d'art * op art * optical art * outsider art * performance art * person of ordinary skill in the art * pixel art * plastic art * pop art * primitive art * prior art * process art * sand art * sequential art * seventh art * state-of-the-art * street art * term of art * traditional art * vernacular art * visual art * work of art * (art)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (be)
  • How great thou art !

    See also

    * am * are * be * being * been * beest * was * wast * were * wert

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