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US
/ˈæksəs/
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[ UK /ˈæksɪs/ ]
[ UK /ˈæksɪs/ ]
NOUN
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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
How To Use Axis In A Sentence
- Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
- If the plane contains the main rotation axis then it is usually called a vertical reflection plane; and if it is perpendicular to the main rotation axis it is known as a horizontal reflection plane.
- The ferries, warships, water taxis, huge container vessels, yachts and fishing tinnies ply with impunity one of the greatest anchorages and working harbours in the world.
- Armantrout's short lines, use of rhetoric, aggressive lineation, disjunctions and juxtapositions, discursiveness, parataxis, and myriad condensatory techniques are all exemplary, but never overbearing. Seth Abramson: November 2011 Contemporary Poetry Reviews
- The anchor winch has a large drum on the back, with its axis along the wreck.
- differences between theory and praxis of communism
- The real wage is measured along the vertical axis and labour services are measured along the horizontal axis.
- The phenomenon, called tachyphylaxis, means larger and larger doses are needed to have an effect. The Sun
- With points on one axis and the wage bill on the other, it is possible to place all the teams on a chart. Times, Sunday Times
- The main axis of stratification in capitalist societies is the struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies