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biaxial, a.|baɪˈæksɪəl|
[f. bi- prefix2 1 + axial.]
1. Having two (optic) axes.
1854J. Hogg Microsc. i. ii. (1867) 146 Topaz, a biaxial crystal. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 84/1 Nitre..is..a biaxial crystal.
2. Geom. (See quot.)
1889Cayley Math. Papers (1897) XIII. 13 Each conic meets each axis in two points; and at each of these points the axis and the tangent to the conic form with the lines to I, J a harmonic pencil. The binodal quartic is in this case said to be biaxial. |