axis of rotation

English

Noun

axis of rotation (plural axes of rotation)

The axis about which any body rotates.
The line joining the North Pole and South Pole about which the Earth rotates daily.

Translations

axis about which any body rotates

Finnish: pyörimisakseli, pyörähdysakseli
Hungarian: forgástengely
Malay: paksi putaran

Maori: tuaka
Romanian: axă de rotație f
Russian: ось враще́ния f (osʹ vraščénija)

line joining the North Pole and South Pole

Finnish: pyörimisakseli

Russian: земна́я ось f (zemnája osʹ)

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