monoaxialadj.
/ˌmɒnəʊˈaksɪəl/, U.S. /ˌmɑnoʊˈæksiəl/ Science.
Relating to or having a single axis; occurring round or along one axis.
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1879 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 36 22 Ekdemite.., a new mineral, coarse-crystalline, foliated, monoaxial, with a distinct basal cleavage.
1880 Nature 11 Mar. 449/2 In many cases it [sc. the central capsule] is monaxial, in others dipleuric.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 433/2 If this be the primary, or relatively primary axis [of the formation of flower] the plant is monaxial; the majority of plants are, however, pluriaxial.
1969 U.S. Patent 3,469,208 2 Applying a very large stress force, especially a monoaxial stress force, to the oscillator unit.
1986 Palaeontographica Canadiana No. 2. 1/1 Simple, unclustered monaxial spicules developed into spicular tufts.
1996 Exper. Techniques Jan.–Feb. 9 Tests were performed subjecting the specimens to monoaxial stresses (tensile and simple bending stress) under static loading.
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monoˈaxially adv. along a single axis.
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1975 Polymer Mech. 10 363 Experiments for creep of monaxially stretched (compressed) samples.
1991 Rheologica Acta 30 369 Solid-state extrusion of crystalline thermoplastics is a well known method for the production of monoaxially oriented filaments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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