Biaxial: alternatives and connections

One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.

The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes.

Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.

A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.

A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfa…

The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.

Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems.

The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.

To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, a…

Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with referen…

Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain…

Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around paralle…

A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.

a loss of polarity or polarization

To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.

A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery.

A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…