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polar axis [′pō·lər ′ak·səs]

(crystallography)

An axis of crystal symmetry which does not have a plane of symmetry perpendicular to it.

(mathematics)

The directed straight line relative to which the angle is measured for a representation of a point in the plane by polar coordinates.

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