Akseli — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arbor noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- axel noun A figure-skating jump in which the skater takes off from the outside edge of one skate, rotates one and a half times (or more) in the air, and lands on the opposite foot.
- axis noun An imaginary straight line around which something rotates or is arranged symmetrically.
- axle noun The rod or shaft that a wheel turns on, or that turns together with a pair of wheels.
- shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
- spindle noun A slender rod used for spinning fiber into thread, or more generally, any rod or axis that something turns on.
- staff noun The people who work for an organisation.
Senses
Akseli is used for these senses in English:
- Axel A en given name in quiet use since the 19th century.
- arbor An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- axis (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- axletree A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
- spindle A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- staff (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
arbor — full definition
- noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- noun A rotating shaft or spindle in a machine, such as a lathe, that supports a moving part.
axel — full definition
- noun A figure-skating jump in which the skater takes off from the outside edge of one skate, rotates one and a half times (or more) in the air, and lands on the opposite foot.
- verb To perform an axel jump.