uniaxial

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌjuːnɪˈæksɪəl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yo̅o̅′nē ak′sē əl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
u•ni•ax•i•al  (yo̅o̅′nē ak′sē əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  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.
  • uni- + axial 1820–30
u′ni•ax′i•al•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
uniaxial /ˌjuːnɪˈæksɪəl/ adj
  1. (esp of plants) having an unbranched main axis
  2. (of a crystal) having only one direction along which double refraction of light does not occur
'uniaxial' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dichroism - pleochroism - monaxial - optic axis

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