Polyaxial

Quick meaning: Polyaxial is an adjective meaning Having more than one axis.

Meaning

Having more than one axis.

More Meanings

1. (botany) Axial about more than one axis.

Example Sentences

According to Florin, only the Taxaceae cannot be interpreted in terms of the polyaxial concept, since the single terminal ovule shows no evidence of having evolved from a bract and ovuliferous shoot system.

A crystal may contain rotation axes in different directions, defining the polyaxial point-groups.[…]The general symbol for a polyaxial point group is n₁ n₂ n₃. The simplest case is 222 in the orthorhombic system with three 2-fold axes at right angles to each other (Figure 4.13a).

However, sustainable avocado production at acceptable commercial levels remains a challenge as the polyaxial, pseudo-terminal flowering architecture of avocado (Verheij, 1986) dictates that trees must continuously increase in size to remain productive (Whiley and Schaffer, 1994).

2009, George J. Haidukewych, Procedure 25: Treatment of Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures above a Total Knee Arthroplasty, Arlen D. Hanssen, W. Norman Scott, Total Knee Replacement, unnumbered page, More modern, polyaxial designs allow screw angulation prior to end point locking, and these can be very useful if femoral component lugs or the like are encountered during drilling.

Synonyms for polyaxial

Depending on context, synonyms include multiaxial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include multiaxial, pluriaxial, monoaxial, hexaxial, biaxial, quadriaxial.

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