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  • noun Plural of ax and of axis.

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  • noun Plural form of axis.
  • noun Plural form of ax.
  • noun Plural form of axe.

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Examples

  • The maker of the breaching axes is Daniel Winkler who, for twenty years or more has been pre-eminent in the re-creation of frontier cutlery.

    More On Axes 2008

  • The paper focuses on three main axes of future progress †true broadband support, personalized media, and distributed control.

    New White Paper from EU: Networked Media of the Future « ResourceShelf 2007

  • The Mexico City we know today began as a rough sketch of an urban plan - attributed to Alonso de García Bravo, one of Hernán Cortés 'henchmen - incorporating two main axes at 90 degrees to the central plaza, with streets following a grid formation.

    Urban Deconstruction 2006

  • The Mexico City we know today began as a rough sketch of an urban plan - attributed to Alonso de García Bravo, one of Hernán Cortés 'henchmen - incorporating two main axes at 90 degrees to the central plaza, with streets following a grid formation.

    Urban Deconstruction 2006

  • It’s not so simple as saying that the axis of evil points from behind the counter, or from the front of a cab (i.e. that the “origin” of the axes is the center of projection of a camera or anything so simple-minded).

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Steve Mann on Cyborg Communities: Comments Wanted 2002

  • People will grind their axes, that is inevitable, and politics may turn violent, but the worst can be avoided if competing interests and ambitions are balanced – which is possible, since there is enough to go around for everyone.

    Libya's revolutionaries have divisions to bridge | Ranj Alaaldin 2011

  • Yeah, from my perspective, the axes are the wrong way round ...

    I'll get right on that. Jessica Hagy 2006

  • You could call the axes "UNC" and "Dook" for all intensive purposes.

    runnin' the film projector, scorin' the ladies 2008

  • There are four types or eight types in the newer version for a reason to do with the structure of the model, namely the axes of the graph.

    The Hidden Bartle Type 2007

  • You end up with a nice little hypercube of data, where the axes are the input variables and the data points are the observed viscosity.

    Sciencemag on House E&C Hearing « Climate Audit 2006

  • A variable font is a collection of master styles, with one central "default" master (usually the Regular font style) and multiple registered "axes" which tie the central master to the other masters.

    Introduction to variable fonts on the web Mustafa Kurtuldu 2023

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