Index of English words, starting with "ax"

(1) - Axiom (a.) An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.
(2) - Axiom (a.) A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."

(1) - Axiomatic (a.) Alt. of Axiomatical

(1) - Axiomatically (adv.) By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.

(1) - Axis (n.) The primary or secondary central line of any design.
(2) - Axis (n.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.
(3) - Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.
(4) - Axis (n.) The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
(5) - Axis (n.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.
(6) - Axis (n.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.
(7) - Axis (n.) 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 symmetrically arranged.
(8) - Axis (n.) The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).