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Webster 1913 Edition
Biaxial
{
Bi-ax′al
,Bi-ax′i-al
, }Adj.
[Pref.
bi-
+ axal
, axial
.] (Opt.)
Having two axes;
as,
; biaxial
polarizationbiaxial
crystals. Brewster.
– Bi-ax′i-al-ly
, adv.
Definition 2024
biaxial
biaxial
English
Adjective
biaxial (comparative more biaxial, superlative most biaxial)
- Having two axes
- Having a value in two perpendicular directions. [In solid mechanics it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions. Note that they do not have to be equal in sign or magnitude.]
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Translations
having a value in two perpendicular directions