- Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or
resembling, an axis; around an axis. - Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton;
or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.
Meaning of 'axial' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . axial
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Meaning (1): - relating to or attached to the axis