axial

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It’s deceptively conventional, with an axial structure and a conglomerate of relatively full chroma set against an off-white background.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

In an axial flux motor, the electromagnetic field is parallel to the motor’s axis of rotation, instead of perpendicular in a conventional electric motor.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

According to NASA, every planet in our solar system has an axial tilt, but some are more pronounced than others.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

Earth’s axial tilt plays a much bigger role than its near-circular orbit in governing annual seasons.

From National Geographic • Dec. 19, 2023

But the author was strangely silent on such details–indeed, silent on everything but anticlines, synclines, axial faults, and the like.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson