paraxial

English

Etymology

para- +‎ axial

Adjective

paraxial (not comparable)

  1. (embryology) Lateral to the neural tube.
    paraxial mesoderm
  2. (physics) Near an optical axis.
    paraxial radiation
  3. (mathematics) Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system.
    paraxial rectangle

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