uniaxial
[ yoo-nee-ak-see-uh l ]
/ ˌyu niˈæk si əl /
adjective
having one axis.
Crystallography.
(of a crystal) having one direction in which double refraction does not occur.
Botany.
(of a plant) having a primary stem that does not branch and that terminates in a flower.
OTHER WORDS FROM uniaxial
u·ni·ax·i·al·ly, adverbWords nearby uniaxial
uni,
uni-,
unialgal,
uniat,
uniate,
uniaxial,
uniaxial joint,
unibrow,
unicameral,
unicameral bone cyst,
unicameral cyst
Example sentences from the Web for uniaxial
A sphere cut from a uniaxial crystal at one temperature will be a spheroid at another temperature.
In uniaxial crystals the number of absorption spectra is reduced to two.
British Dictionary definitions for uniaxial
uniaxial
/ (ˌjuːnɪˈæksɪəl) /
adjective
(esp of plants) having an unbranched main axis
(of a crystal) having only one direction along which double refraction of light does not occur