Axis vs Null - What's the difference?
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(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
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(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)
Axis axis , a deer native to Asia.
A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
Something that has no force or meaning.
(computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
(computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
One of the beads in nulled work.
(statistics) null hypothesis
Having no validity, "null and void"
insignificant
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absent or non-existent
(mathematics) of the null set
(mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
As nouns the difference between axis and null
is that axis is axis (second vertebra) while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.axis
English
(wikipedia axis)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
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- The Earth rotates once a day on its axis .
Synonyms
* (cervical vertebra) epistropheusCoordinate terms
* (cervical vertebra) atlasDerived 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-axisEtymology 2
From (etyl), name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator .Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (Axis axis) chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deerSee also
* (Chital) * (Axis axis) English nouns with irregular plurals ----null
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
- Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
Adjective
(en adjective)- In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.
