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Axial

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Axial has different meanings:

  • In geometry it means: along the same line as an axis (coaxial) or centerline: parallel (geometry), contrary to radial or perpendicular
  • In anatomy it relates to an anatomical direction of animals and humans.
  • In music it is a type of modal frame.
  • In chemistry it relates to an axial bond or the vertical axis of a flat molecule, the opposite of equatorial.
  • Historically, the Axial Age refers to the period from 800 to 200 b.c. during which intense intellectual development occurred in three different regions: China, India and the Occident.
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