axial

axial

Qui s’étend dans la même direction que la ligne centrale d’une chose.

En anglais simple : Running in the same direction as a central line through something.

• The bearing supports an axial load.
• We measured axial movement along the shaft.
• The pump produces axial flow through the pipe.

Expressions courantes : axial flow, axial load, axial movement

axial

Relatif à la ligne centrale autour de laquelle une chose tourne, situé sur cette ligne ou de même forme.

En anglais simple : Connected with, shaped like, or located on a central line around which something turns.

• The design has axial symmetry.
• The engineer checked the shaft's axial alignment.
• Earth's axial rotation produces day and night.

Expressions courantes : axial rotation, axial symmetry, axial alignment

axial

Relatif à la ligne centrale du corps, d’un membre ou d’un organe.

En anglais simple : Belonging to the central line of the body, a limb, or an organ.

• The skull belongs to the axial skeleton.
• These axial muscles help support the spine.
• Students identified the body's axial structures.

Expressions courantes : axial skeleton, axial muscles, axial structures

axial

Orienté parallèlement à l’axe central d’une molécule en anneau, plutôt que vers ses côtés.

En anglais simple : Pointing parallel to the central line through a ring-shaped molecule, rather than outward around its sides.

• This hydrogen occupies an axial position.
• The diagram shows three axial bonds pointing upward.
• The substituent changes from axial to equatorial when the ring flips.

Contraires : equatorial

Expressions courantes : axial bond, axial hydrogen, axial position

plume axiale

Plume située entre les deux principaux groupes de plumes de vol chez certains oiseaux.

En anglais simple : A wing feather found between the two main groups of flight feathers in some birds.

• The bird has a small axial.
• She located the axial between two groups of flight feathers.
• The researchers compared the axials of several birds.

Synonymes : axial feather

Expressions courantes : an axial, small axial, axial feather

plan axial

Surface plane imaginaire parallèle au côté d’une dent.

En anglais simple : An imaginary flat surface running parallel to the side of a tooth.

• The dentist marked an axial on the diagram.
• This axial runs parallel to the tooth's surface.
• The two axials were compared during the dental study.

Synonymes : axial plane

Expressions courantes : an axial, tooth's axial