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Definition of Axises
1. Noun. (misspelling of axes) Mistakenly used for the plural of (term axis#Etymology 1 axis line around which object rotates). ¹
2. Noun. (plural of axis#Etymology 2 axis (type of deer)) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Axises
1. axis [n] - See also: axis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Axises
Literary usage of Axises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Application, Being a Familiar by Jabez Hogg (1869)
"A possibility axises, in first examinations, of mistaking or confounding capillaries
with nerves, especially if the part under observation should have been ..."
2. Higher Lessons in English: A Work on English Grammar and Composition : in by Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg (1902)
"... chim- nies, storys, elfs, beefs, scarves, oxes, phenomenons, axises, terminuses,
genuses, mother-in-laws, aldermans, Mussulmen, teeth - brushes, ..."
3. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1912)
"... and ridges of the connective tissue stratum of the skin and lie close beneath
the epidermis, with their long axises perpendicular. ..."
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