单词 | principal axis |
释义 | principal axis in British Englishnoun 1. the line passing through the optical centre and centres of curvature of the faces of a lens or a curved mirror 2. any of three mutually perpendicular axes about which the moment of inertia of a body is maximum principal axis in American Englishnoun 1. Optics a line passing through the center of the surface of a lens or spherical mirror and through the centers of curvature of all segments of the lens or mirror 2. Physics one of three mutually perpendicular axes of a body about which the moment of inertiais maximum or minimum Word origin [1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: massage, neoclassic, pressure point, slime mold, weekenderExamples of 'principal axis' in a sentence |
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