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51axis — noun (plural axes) Etymology: Latin, axis, axle; akin to Old English eax axis, axle, Greek axōn, Lithuanian ašis, Sanskrit akṣaḥ Date: 14th century 1. a. a straight line about which a body or a geometric figure rotates or may be …
52turn and bank indicator — noun An aircraft instrument that shows both the aircrafts rate of turn about the vertical axis and also the amount of banking about the longitudinal axis …
53turn indicator — Aeron. a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis. Cf. bank and turn indicator. [1915 20] * * * …
54turn indicator — /ˈtɜn ɪndəkeɪtə/ (say tern induhkaytuh) noun an instrument that indicates the rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis …
55turn meter — noun : an instrument that measures the angular velocity of an airplane about a predetermined axis …
56Separating axis theorem — For objects lying in a plane (2 dimensional space), the separating axis theorem states that the projection of two convex shapes onto some line will be separate if and only if they are not intersecting. The line for which the objects have disjoint …
57rotation axis — noun : a simple axis of symmetry in a crystal about which the whole crystal configuration is brought into coincidence with its original aspect by a rotation of one half, one third, one fourth, or one sixth of a turn about the axis * * * Crystall …
58Comparison of Axis & Allies Games — Axis Allies is a series of board wargames by Larry Harris, which was originally produced by Nova Game Designs in 1981 and later by Milton Bradley in 1984 and by Avalon Hill since 1999. Avalon Hill is owned by Wizards of the Coast. Since the… …
59Anticlinal axis — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… …
60conjugate axis — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… …
