Uniaxial Definition

yo͝onē-ăksē-əl
adjective
Having only one axis.
American Heritage
Of, relating to, or affecting one axis.
American Heritage
Having one direction along which double refraction of light does not take place. Used of a crystal.
American Heritage

(botany) Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower.

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Uniaxial Sentence Examples

  • Consider a metal in uniaxial compression where plastic strain only takes place in the 1-2 plane.

  • The loadings covered are either uniaxial in-plane compression alone or with a transverse in-plane tensile or compressive load.

  • Uniaxial compression is the only test in which it is possible to measure Poisson 's ratio with any degree of simplicity.

  • We are going to look at the specific case of uniaxial tension.

  • Two similar transparent uniaxial crystals show the same (principal) extraordinary refractive index, n e.

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