axial Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
  2. adjective relating to or attached to the axis
    axile.
    • axial angle
  3. adjective satellite situated on or along or in the direction of an axis

WordNet

Ax"i*al adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
    To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction. Nichol.
  2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.

Webster 1913