arch vs axial

arch

noun
  • An inverted U shape. 

  • An architectural element having the shape of an arch 

  • Any place covered by an arch; an archway. 

  • Curved part of the bottom of a foot. 

  • A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass. 

  • An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. 

verb
  • To form into an arch shape. 

  • To cover with an arch or arches. 

adj
  • principal; primary 

  • knowing, clever, mischievous 

axial

noun
  • A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth. 

  • A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds. 

adj
  • Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ 

  • Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis 

  • In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis. 

  • oriented close to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See w:Axial bond. 

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