axial vs centric

axial

• 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. 

• A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth. 

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

centric

• Pertaining to a nerve centre. 

• Being in the centre; central. 

• Being a member of the subclass Coscinodiscophyceae (corresponding to the Centrales.)