Axial

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis. To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction. - Nichol.
	2.	(Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. Axial line (Magnetism) the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. - Faraday.

Adj.	1.	axial - of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
	2.	axial - relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle" Synonyms: axile
	3.	axial - situated on or along or in the direction of an axis

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