coaxis

One of the directional motion vectors perpendicular to a cocone.

Noun

  1. One of the directional motion vectors perpendicular to a cocone.
    • Now draw the characteristic triangle mentioned above, […] of which the hypotenuse is a portion of the tangent or the element of the arc, and the sides are parallel to the axis and the coaxis. - 2008, Gottfried Wilhelm...

Origin

From co- + axis.

Forms

coaxes