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say it: AK-suhs
axis is a noun meaning "a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions". It carries 6 recorded senses.
a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
“the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II”
a group of countries in special alliance
the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
the center around which something rotates
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for axis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.