axis
[noun]
Synonyms: pivot, axle, centre line, shaft, spindle

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Axis, the (also ˈAxis ˌpowers, the), ˈAxis ˌcountries noun
the countries, including Germany, Italy, and Japan, who fought together during World War II against the Allies.

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ax‧is /ˈæksəs, ˈæksɪs/ noun (plural axes /-siːz/) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: 'axis, axle']

1. the imaginary line around which a large round object, such as the Earth, turns:
The Earth rotates on an axis between the north and south poles.

2. a line drawn across the middle of a regular shape that divides it into two equal parts

3. either of the two lines of a graph, by which the positions of points are measured
the vertical/horizontal axis

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axis
noun
ADJ. horizontal, vertical | x, y, z
PREP. along an/the ~ the wage is measured along the horizontal axis
on an/the ~ The earth spins on its axis.
PHRASES an axis of rotation the earth's axis of rotation
an axis of symmetry

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