axis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
Types & categories
- line hypernym
- coordinate axis hyponym
- major axis hyponym
- semimajor axis hyponym
- minor axis hyponym
- semiminor axis hyponym
- principal axis hyponym
- optic axis hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- stele part meronym
Sense 3 noun
a group of countries in special alliance
Types & categories
- coalition hypernym
- sterling area hyponym
Sense 4 noun
the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
Types & categories
- cervical vertebra hypernym
Parts & wholes
- odontoid process part meronym
Sense 5 noun
the center around which something rotates
Types & categories
- mechanism hypernym
- pivot hyponym
- rotor head hyponym
Related & opposite
- axial derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | axial |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | axile |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coordinate axis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | major axis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | semimajor axis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | minor axis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | semiminor axis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | principal axis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | optic axis |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stele |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stalk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rachis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spadix |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | coalition |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sterling area |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | odontoid process |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cervical vertebra |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | axial |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanism |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pivot |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotor head |