biaxial

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ axial.

Adjective

biaxial (not comparable)

1. Having two axes.
2. (mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)
3. Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes

   mapping the shape of the Earth onto a biaxial ellipsoid

4. Having a value in two perpendicular directions. (In solid mechanics, it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions, though not necessarily equal in sign or magnitude.)

Derived terms

• biaxiality
• biaxially
• equibiaxial

Translations

having two axes

French: biaxial (fr), biaxe (fr) German: zweiachsig (de) Irish: dé-aiseach Malay: dwipaksi Polish: dwuosiowy (pl)

having a value in two perpendicular directions

See also

• coaxial
• monoaxial
• uniaxial
• triaxial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French biaxial.

Adjective

biaxial m or n (feminine singular biaxială, masculine plural biaxiali, feminine and neuter plural biaxiale)

1. biaxial

Declension

Declension of biaxial

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	biaxial		biaxială		biaxiali	biaxiale
	definite	biaxialul		biaxiala		biaxialii	biaxialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	biaxial		biaxiale		biaxiali	biaxiale
	definite	biaxialului		biaxialei		biaxialilor	biaxialelor

Spanish

Adjective

biaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural biaxiales)

1. biaxial

Further reading

• “biaxial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024