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ax·le

   [ak-suhl]
noun
1.
Machinery. the pin, bar, shaft, or the like, on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.
2.
the spindle at either end of an axletree.
3.
an axletree.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English axel, Old English eaxl shoulder, crossbeam (in eaxle-gespann); cognate with Old Frisian ax(e)le, Old Saxon ahsla, Old High German ahsala shoulder (German Achsel), Old Norse ǫxl, Latin āla (< derivative of *akslā)

Related forms
ax·led, adjective
un·ax·led, adjective

Can be confused: axel, axle.
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axle (ˈæksəl)
 
—n
a bar or shaft on which a wheel, pair of wheels, or other rotating member revolves
 
[C17: from Old Norse öxull; related to German Achse; see axis1]

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axle
M.E. axel-, from some combination of O.E. eax and O.N. öxull "axis," both from P.Gmc. *akhsulaz, from PIE *aks- "axis" (see axis). Found only in compound axle-tree before 14c.
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AXLE definition

language
An early string processing language in which a program consists of an "assertion table" specifying patterns and an "imperative table" specifying replacements.
["AXLE: An Axiomatic Language for String Transformations", K. Cohen et al, CACM 8(11):657-661, Nov 1965].
(2009-02-10)

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