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AXEL

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ax⋅el

  [ak-suhl]
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–noun Figure Skating.
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1 1/2 rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
Origin:
1925–30; after Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian figure skater, who popularized the maneuver

Ax⋅el

  [ak-suhl]
–noun
a male given name.
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ax·el   (āk'səl)   
n.  A jump in figure skating that is initiated from the outer forward edge of one skate, followed by one and one-half midair turns and a return to the outer backward edge of the other skate.

[After Axel Paulsen (1856-1938), Norwegian figure skater.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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