uni axial

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u⋅ni⋅ax⋅i⋅al

[yoo-nee-ak-see-uh

–adjective

1.	having one axis.

2.	Crystallography. (of a crystal) having one direction in which double refraction does not occur.

3.	Botany. (of a plant) having a primary stem that does not branch and that terminates in a flower.

Origin:
1820–30; uni- + axial

Related forms:

u⋅ni⋅ax⋅i⋅al⋅ly, adverb

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