axis

As a noun axis

is axis (second vertebra).

As an adjective pseudoaxial is

(chemistry) describing bonds, in a ring system that does not have a true axis, that are approximately parallel to it (ie approximately at right-angles to the ring).

As nouns the difference between axis and circumvolution

is that axis is axis (second vertebra) while circumvolution is revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.

As nouns the difference between axis and circumrotation

is that axis is axis (second vertebra) while circumrotation is rotation or revolution around an axis.

As nouns the difference between axis and helislab

is that axis is axis (second vertebra) while helislab is (physics) a relatively large cluster of liquid crystal molecules having a common helical axis.

In geometry terms the difference between axis and conoid

is that axis is an imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry) while conoid is a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis.

As a proper noun Axis

is the alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Germany, Italy, Japan, and several minor allied countries, which opposed the Allies.

As an adjective conoid is

shaped like a cone; conical.

As nouns the difference between axis and axisymmetry

is that axis is an imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry) while axisymmetry is symmetry about an axis; rotational symmetry.

As a proper noun Axis

is the alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Germany, Italy, Japan, and several minor allied countries, which opposed the Allies.

As nouns the difference between axis and midrapidity

is that axis is axis (second vertebra) while midrapidity is (physics) the rapidity of a particle close to the axis of a beam of particles.

As a noun axis

is axis (second vertebra).

As an adjective atlantoaxial is

(anatomy) of or pertaining to the articulation of the atlas with the axis.

As a noun axis

is axis (second vertebra).

As an adjective preaxial is

located in front of an axis.

As nouns the difference between axis and nutator

is that axis is axis (second vertebra) while nutator is a mechanical or electronic device for gyrating a feedhorn, dipole, or radar about the axis of the reflector without changing its polarization.