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Biaxial vs Triaxial - What's the difference?

biaxial | triaxial | coordinate terms |

Biaxial is a coordinate term of triaxial.


As adjectives the difference between biaxial and triaxial

is that biaxial is having two axes while triaxial is having three axes.

biaxial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having two axes
  • Having a value in two perpendicular directions. [In solid mechanics it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions. Note that they do not have to be equal in sign or magnitude.]

    • Related terms

    * biaxiality * biaxially

    See also

    * coaxial * monoaxial

    triaxial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having three axes

    • Derived terms

    *triaxially

    Coordinate terms

    *monoaxial *biaxial *tetraxial