Meanings
comparative more axisymmetric · superlative most axisymmetric · alternative axi-symmetric
- Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry; axially symmetric
The 'Blandford-Znajek' (BZ) black hole magnetospheric power extraction process was one of the first (1977) analytic attempts to define a general relativistic theory for axisymmetric, stationary, ideal-MHD, BH magnetospheres.
2002, Chang-Hwan Lee, Hŏn-yŏng Chang (editors), Current High-energy Emission Around Black Holes, page 36Synonyms: axisymmetrical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry; axially symmetric
Origin
Translations
Finnish aksisymmetrinen, akselisymmetrinen
- aksisymmetrinenexhibiting symmetry around an axis
- akselisymmetrinenexhibiting symmetry around an axis
French axisymétrique
- axisymétriqueexhibiting symmetry around an axis
German achsensymmetrisch
- achsensymmetrischexhibiting symmetry around an axis
Greek αξονοσυμμετρικός
- αξονοσυμμετρικός (axonosymmetrikós)exhibiting symmetry around an axis
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