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axle meaning

EN[ˈæksəl] [-æksəl]
WAxle
  • An axle is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle.
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    Definition of axle in English Dictionary

  • NounPLaxles
    1. (obsolete) Shoulder.
      1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
        1. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
          1. An axis; as, the Sun’s axle.
          2. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • This may reflect the optimal degree of preorganisation of the interlocked binding domain of the respective rotaxane as determined by the nature of the axle component.
              • The relatively more preorganised binding sites of rotaxanes 1 and 3, as compared with the flexible propyl-linked axle component present in 2 , potentially enhances chloride binding.
              • It is equipped with a brake and is extensible on its long coupling pole, extending from axle to axle.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Nouns
              • Countable nouns
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            1. en axletree
            2. en axled
            3. en axles
            4. en axless
            5. en axleless
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of axle for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "axle" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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