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principal axis
principal axis n 1. (General Physics) the line passing through the optical centre and centres of curvature of the faces of a lens or a curved mirror 2. (General Physics) any of three mutually perpendicular axes about which the moment of inertia of a body is maximum Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | principal axis - a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted; "in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly"optic axisaxis - a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions |
principal axis
principal axis[′prin·sə·pəl ′ak·səs] (crystallography) The longest axis in a crystal. (engineering acoustics) A reference direction for angular coordinates used in describing the directional characteristics of a transducer; it is usually an axis of structural symmetry or the direction of maximum response. (mathematics) One of a set of perpendicular axes such that a quadratic function can be written as a sum of squares of coordinates referred to these axes. For a conic, a straight line that passes through the midpoints of all the chords perpendicular to it. For a quadric surface, the intersection of two principal planes. (mechanics) One of three perpendicular axes in a rigid body such that the products of inertia about any two of them vanish. (optics) optic axis principal axis Primary axes  In the illustration on the left, line A is the principal axis while in the illustration on the right, line B is the principal axis. The moment of inertia is maximum around these axes in these two cases.i. The lateral, vertical, and longitudinal axes.
ii. The axis of relative wind.
iii. The principal inertial axis: that line passing through the center of gravity in a plane of symmetry about which a long, slender body tends to rotate when rolling.
iv. A rectilinear axis in the plane of a cross section of a structural member about which the moment of inertia is the maximum.principal axis
principal axisIn optics, a line that passes through the optical center or nodal point of a lens perpendicular to the surface of the lens.See also: axisFinancialSeeAxisprincipal axis
Related to principal axis: centre of curvatureSynonyms for principal axisnoun a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refractedSynonymsRelated Words |