Definitions for uniaxial

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uniaxial u·ni·ax·i·al

Spelling: [yoo-nee-ak-see-uh l]

IPA: /ˌyu niˈæk si əl/

Uniaxial is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in uniaxial (aaiilnux).

Definitions for uniaxial

adjective

1. having one axis.
2. Crystallography. (of a crystal) having one direction in which double refraction does not occur.
3. Botany. (of a plant) having a primary stem that does not branch and that terminates in a flower.

Origin of uniaxial

First recorded in 1820-30; uni- + axial

Examples for uniaxial

A sphere cut from a uniaxial crystal at one temperature will be a spheroid at another temperature.

In uniaxial crystals the number of absorption spectra is reduced to two.