abaxial

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English

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Etymology

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From ab- (away from) +‎ axial (axis).

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abaxial (not comparable)

  1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.][3]
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:
      The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
  2. (botany) Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.[4]

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  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2
  2. ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abaxial”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 2.
  3. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaxial”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
  4. ^ Jackson, Benjamin Daydon (1928) A glossary of botanic terms with their derivation and accent[1], Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, page 1

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From ab- +‎ axial.

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abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)

  1. abaxial

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French

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From ab- +‎ axial.

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abaxial (plural abaxiaux)

  1. abaxial

Galician

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Etymology

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From ab- +‎ axial.

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  • IPA(key): /abakˈsjal/ [aβ̞.ɑkˈs̺jɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ax‧ial

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abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

  1. abaxial (that is not on the optical axis)
  2. (medicine) abaxial (which is outside the line considered the axis of an organ)

German

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Etymology

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From Latin ab- +‎ axial.

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abaxial (strong nominative masculine singular abaxialer, not comparable)

  1. abaxial

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Portuguese

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From ab- +‎ axial.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bak.siˈaw/ [a.bak.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.bakˈsjaw/ [a.bakˈsjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈksjal/ [ɐ.βɐˈksjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈksja.li/ [ɐ.βɐˈksja.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧xi‧al

Adjective

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abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

  1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)

Romanian

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Borrowed from French abaxial.

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abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxială, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)

  1. abaxial

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Spanish

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From ab- +‎ axial.

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  • IPA(key): /abaɡˈsjal/ [a.β̞aɣ̞ˈsjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧xial

Adjective

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abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxiales)

  1. abaxial

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